Within the next couple of hours, Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury is going to place his budget proposal before parliament.
It will be the first budget to be tabled by Chowdhury, a former commerce minister during the previous tenure of the BNP government.
He is expected to unveil 10 priorities on which he has framed the fiscal proposals for FY2026-27, aiming to accelerate economic growth to 6.5 percent and bring down inflation to 7.5 percent which has severely impacted the living standards of the majority of the population.
Here are the 10 priorities.
Development for all
The government aims to establish a discrimination-free, inclusive economy by ensuring the fair participation and partnership of all people, classes, sectors, and regions.
Quality education and healthcare for all
The fiscal plan intends to transform the youth into capable human resources through a value-based, skills-oriented, and realistic education system as a fundamental right. It also seeks to ensure quality universal healthcare for all.
Universal social security
The budget looks to strengthen the foundation of a welfare state by building a social security system for citizens of all ages and levels, adopting a universal, life-cycle-based safety net approach.
Investment-led, employment and productive economy
The goal is to create entrepreneurs and generate employment and income opportunities for the youth through planned industrialisation, export diversification, and expanded technology-based economic activities, while establishing agriculture as a strategic sector for production, livelihood, and national food security.
Deregulation and an affordable, simplified business environment
Chowdhury aims to build a transparent, easy, and affordable business-friendly environment by avoiding delays and unnecessary bureaucracy through deregulation.
Stability of the financial sector
The proposal focuses on restoring the confidence and accountability of depositors by enforcing discipline, transparency, and accountability in the banking and financial sectors, alongside encouraging investment through capital market reforms.
Energy security
The government plans to build self-reliant energy security by ensuring an uninterrupted supply of electricity and fuel to maintain productive continuity, while developing an affordable, reliable, and environment-friendly power system.
Development of information and communication technology
The priority is to transform Bangladesh into one of the world's leading ICT exporters by building a future-oriented, dynamic, and technologically inclusive nation.
Life, nature, environment, and water resources management
The budget targets a sustainable, green, and environmentally resilient future by mitigating climate change impacts, driving public-led afforestation, embedding environmental checks in development, restoring river navigability, and reviving canal excavation programmes.
Transparent, efficient, and accountable institutions and administrative systems
The final priority aims to make public investment implementation efficient and effective, while building merit-based, accountable institutions to develop sustainable national capacity.
