The Finance Minister is expecting to cover the shortfall with loans from internal and external sources. Earlier, Muhith told bdnews24com that the budget of 2017-18 fiscal would be the ‘best’ he had so far been presented as finance minister. What will we do then?”“No prices will rise because of the VAT,” Finance Minister AMA Muhith assured bdnews24.com. The finance minister, however, has not been particularly receptive to these efforts, announcing his commitment to the 15 percent rate. The finance minister will place his budget in parliament at 1:30pm on Thursday.

Source: bd News24 May 31, 2017 18:56 UTC