Dhaka, June 1 -- Predictable policies, improving liquidity flows and rebuilding investor confidence dominates the upcoming national budget as Bangladesh navigates a challenging economic landscape marked by inflation, sluggish investment and financial-sector vulnerabilities.

Talking to The Financial Express, days before the new government's maiden budget lands in parliament, Dr Rashed Al Titumir also explains that the government's economic strategy is built around a five-year framework of "recovery, restoration and reconstruction for acceleration".

"The budget size remains relatively small compared to the size of our economy and the financing needs in health and education," he says, stressing the need to increase public spending to reduc...