Dhaka, June 12 -- Jamaat-e-Islami has torn into the BNP government's proposed budget, calling it "overly debt-dependent, unimplementable and wide open to looting".

The party demanded immediate revisions to restructure the fiscal package into a public-welfare, investment-friendly, and employment-oriented framework.

Speaking at a media briefing on Friday, Jamaat Secretary General Mia Golam Porwar outlined the party's formal position, warning that a lack of good governance and accountability would increase corruption, waste of resources and misuse of public funds during the implementation of the large spending plan.

Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury placed the Tk 9.38 trillion budget for fiscal year 2026-27 in parliament on Th...