Dhaka, March 21 -- Top trade bodies of Bangladesh have urged the government to make the next national budget business-friendly by slashing taxes, digitising tax system and removing various complications that undermine the ease of doing business.

Finance Adviser of the interim government Dr Salehuddin Ahmed told leaders of the chambers at a pre-budget meeting at his secretariat office on Thursday that the government wants to make the budget business-friendly so that investment and gross domestic product (GDP) increase.

"There are some shortcomings in case of digitisation of tax payments which we are trying to address," he apprised reporters after the meeting about his assurances given to the business leaders.

He said measures will be ta...