Dhaka, June 11 -- The BNP government is set to present a national budget in Parliament after for 20 years following its return to power with a majority in the 13th parliamentary election.

Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury is scheduled to place the budget for the 2026-27 fiscal year in Parliament at 3:00pm today on behalf of the government, led by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman.

The proposed budget, estimated at around Tk 9.38 lakh crore, will be Bangladesh's 55th national budget since independence.

Bangladesh's budget journey began in 1972 when Finance Minister Tajuddin Ahmad presented the country's first national budget worth Tk 786 crore.

Since then, successive governments have used the annual budget as the principal inst...