Dhaka, June 11 -- Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury on Thursday unveiled sweeping tax, VAT and duty relief measures in the Tk 9,38,000 crore national budget for fiscal year 2026-27, targeting everything from daily staples and life-saving medicines to electric vehicles and semiconductors, in what the government described as a pro-people, investment-driven overhaul of the country's fiscal architecture.

Presenting the budget in the Jatiya Sangsad, the minister said the reliefs were aimed at reducing the burden on ordinary citizens still reeling from years of high inflation, while simultaneously creating an environment conducive to private investment and employment generation.

In the most sweeping consumer-facing measure, the go...