DHAKA, June 7, 2024 (BSS) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the national budget for fiscal year 2024-25 was given keeping the current global situation in mind as the government wants to move ahead in a conservative way and fulfill the fundamental rights of people. “We have to proceed with the plan, keeping the world situation in mind . And we have formulated the budget keeping it in our mind.”The AL chief said the last budget of BNP government was just Taka 62,000 crore, while the then caretaker government placed a budget of Taka 68,000 crore. About the budget deficit, the prime minister said 4.6 percent deficit has been kept in the budget this time, adding, the budget deficit in many countries, even developed ones in the world, is higher than it. Drawing a comparison of deprivation between the then East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) and West Pakistan, she said Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had strongly protested the long lasting deprivation.
