Dhaka, June 11 -- At a time when Bangladesh's macroeconomy is under considerable strain due to inflation, external debt stress and a widening revenue gap, Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has set a GDP growth target one percentage point higher than the target in the outgoing fiscal year.

It is also 2.36 percentage points higher than the latest provisional growth figures.

In the proposed Tk 9.38 trillion budget for fiscal year 2026-27, unveiled on Thursday, the government set a growth target for the economy at 6.5 percent.

The interim government had targeted 5.5 percent GDP growth in the budget for FY2025-26.

The proposed budget estimates the size of the economy at Tk 68.30 trillion, up from Tk 60.80 trillion in the revise...