The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) on Saturday said revenue shortfall would be approximately Tk 75,000 crore in the current fiscal year (2022-23), causing the budget deficit to widen. "The government borrowed Tk 54,501 crore from the Bangladesh Bank until February and media report the borrowing from the central bank rose
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Govt aims to reduce budget deficit to 5pc by FY25
The government is projecting to rein in the budget deficit back within 5 percent of GDP by the 2024-25 fiscal from the current 5.5 percent.The budget deficit for the 2023-24 fiscal has been projected at 5.1 percent, according to an official budget document.The revised deficit in fiscal 2021-22 was 5.1