Dhaka, April 29 -- Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has warned that the government's maiden budget will likely fall short of providing the tax breaks demanded by the business community during these "difficult times".

However, he assured that the legal, institutional and bureaucratic obstacles to doing business and the additional costs they impose on business will be "removed" soon.

He made the remarks at the 46th consultative committee meeting of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in Dhaka on Wednesday.

The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Bangladesh's apex trade organisation, was involved in organising the meeting.

Addressing business leaders, the finance min...