, June 13 -- The Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dhaka (MCCI) has welcomed Bangladesh's largest-ever national budget for FY 2026-27 as a bold initiative to rebuild the economy, while flagging serious concerns over the achievability of an ambitious revenue collection target and the risk of taxpayer harassment without meaningful structural reforms.

In a press statement issued on Saturday, MCCI President Kamran T. Rahman congratulated Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury for presenting the 55th national budget, the first of the newly elected government, amounting to Tk 938,000 crore, equivalent to 13.73 percent of GDP.

The chamber described the Tk 695,000 crore revenue collection target,18.20 percent hi...