Dhaka, June 18 -- Eminent economist Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya on Wednesday described the proposed budget for the 2025-26 fiscal year as "in many ways, a budget of disappointment."

"This (budget) has turned out to be a budget of disappointment in many cases, this disappointment has come from expectations because our desire was something different, but we are seeing that in many cases it is traditional," he said.

The distinguished fellow of Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) made the remarks while delivering his introductory speech at a discussion meeting titled 'National Budget 2025-26: What is there for the left-behinds'.

Citizen's Platform for SDGs, Bangladesh organised the programme at a city hotel where Senior Research Fellow of the C...