Dhaka, April 21 -- The government is grappling with a massive revenue deficit of nearly Tk 980 billion against its target for the first nine months of the current fiscal year, despite a marginal increase in collection compared with the previous year.

Data released by the National Board of Revenue (NBR) on Tuesday shows that the revenue growth in March was the lowest recorded in the 2025-26 fiscal year so far.

According to the NBR's updated figures, total revenue collection for the July-March period of FY26 stood at nearly Tk 2.88 trillion.

While this is higher than the nearly Tk 2.6 trillion collected during the same period in the previous fiscal year, it falls significantly short of the government's ambitions.

The revised revenue tar...