Dhaka, June 12 -- Bangladesh may need two years to take off from the present miasma and make the economy get full stability and prosperity, says Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury.

"The country's economy will need two years from where it stands now. After that, the economy will stabilise and fully turn around in the fourth and fifth years."

He came up with the optimism a day after presenting in parliament an upscale Tk 9.38-trillion national budget replete in projected upgraded macroeconomic parameters and a wide recipe of reforms to get to the goal.

At a post-budget press conference held Friday in Dhaka, the finance and planning minister highlighted government intent to reform the country's public-finance architecture and e...