Dhaka, April 23 -- State Minister for Finance Waseqa Ayesha Khan has encouraged businesses to collect funds from the country's capital market to ease the pressure on the banking sector.

"I wonder why private sector credit flow from the capital market is not discussed much," she said at a pre-budget discussion on Tuesday.

Economists in the discussion have attributed poor revenue collection as a major failure of the government to manage other economic indicators, increase allocation and increase the size of the national budget.

The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB) organised the discussion at a Dhaka hotel.

Professor Dr Mohammad Farashuddin, former governor to the Bangladesh Bank, Dr Ahsan H Mansur, Exec...