Dhaka, April 22 -- Despite the growth in revenue collection after a shift in the political landscape since the July Uprising, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has been unable to rein in the deficit at the end of the third quarter of the ongoing financial year.

Different steps to revive the economy made little difference as the gap exceeded Tk 650 billion in the nine months until March of the ongoing FY2025 financial year.

The deficit stood at Tk 580 billion at the end of February, seeing an addition of Tk 70 billion in a month.

Revenue collection is 20.38 percent behind the revised target.

Although it is behind the target, collection rose by 2.75 percent year-on-year.

According to the updated statistics of the National Board of Re...