Bangladesh, June 12 -- Barely hours after Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury placed the country's largest-ever budget before parliament, opposition parties took to the streets and the airwaves to denounce the Tk 9.38 trillion proposal as deficit-heavy, debt-dependent and skewed in favour of the wealthy.
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami was the most
visible in its dissent, with the party's Dhaka North and South city units staging protest marches in the capital on Thursday evening.
The party has also called a press conference for Friday morning at its central office in Moghbazar, where senior leaders will formally present Jamaat's position on the proposed budget.
Jamaat Assistant Secretary General Hamidur Rahman Azad offered a pointed...