Dhaka, May 7 -- Adviser to the Prime Minister for Finance and Planning Dr. Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir on Thursday stressed the need for building a robust digital public infrastructure (DPI), expanding social protection and strengthening self-regulation in financial markets to drive Bangladesh's economic transformation.

Speaking as the chief guest at a pre-budget roundtable titled "Digital Accounting and Revenue Mobilization", jointly organised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh and The Financial Express at CA Bhaban in Dhaka, Titumir said the government wants to establish a "humanitarian, democratic welfare state" centred on citizens.

He said the government is working to develop a national digital database system unde...