Dhaka, June 22 -- Bangladesh Television (BTV) has spent more than 32 times what it earned in the first 11 months of the ongoing fiscal year, Information and Broadcasting Minister Zahir Uddin Swapon has said.

Responding to a question from Naogaon-3 MP Fazle Huda in parliament on Monday, the minister said the state-run broadcaster earned Tk 80.5 million, including taxes, between July 2025 and May 2026, while its expenditure stood at Tk 2.54 billion.

The information was placed before the House during the question-answer session chaired by Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad.

According to the minister, BTV earned Tk 276 million in fiscal year 2024-25, while its expenditure was nearly Tk 3.08 billion.

Of the ongoing fiscal year's income, Tk 50.7 mil...