Dhaka, June 11 -- After a gap of 20 years, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is set to present a national budget in parliament after it swept to power with an absolute majority in Bangladesh's 13th general election.

Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury, the finance minister under BNP Chairman and Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, will table the budget for the 2026-27 fiscal year before the parliament at 3pm on Thursday.

The proposed outlay, estimated at around Tk 9.3 trillion, will be Bangladesh's 56th national budget. It continues a journey that began in 1972 when Tajuddin Ahmad announced the country's first budget of Tk 7.86 billion after independence.

The last time a BNP government presented a budget in parliament was in the 2006-07 fisca...