DHAKA: The national budget for the fiscal year 2015-2016 is going to be placed before the parliament on Thursday afternoon. 

The size of the budget is likely to be Tk 2.97 lakh crore.

Finance Minister AMA Muhith is to place the budget, which will be the 9th as the finance minister, for the fiscal at 3pm.

This is the second budget of the incumbent Awami League-led government and 44th budget for Bangladesh.

The FY16 budget will be passed on June 30, the last day of the outgoing financial year.

The budget this will also be presented on PowerPoint like previous year and will be made available on the website of the finance department at www.mof.gov.bd. The budget documents will also be available at www.bangladesh.gov.bd, www.nbr-bd.org, www.plancomm.gov.bd, www.imed.gov.bd, www.bdpressinform.org and www.pmo.gov.bd and at the banglanews site.

Muhith, also ruling Awami League lawmaker, will hold a press conference over the various aspects of the budget at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium at 4pm on Friday.

** FY16 budget place at 3pm

BDST: 1033 HRS, JUN 05, 2014
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