Dhaka, March 25 -- Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed said on Tuesday that the national budget for the fiscal year 2025-26 (FY26) will prioritise boosting private sector investment and generating employment opportunities.
"We'll have to increase employment generation to a larger extent. We will take necessary initiative in the upcoming budget for increasing private sector investment and employment generation," he said this while speaking at the pre-budget meeting with the Economic Reports' Forum (ERF) held at the Bangladesh Secretariat in the city.
In the upcoming budget, the finance adviser mentioned that the government will provide special focus on infrastructure development, construction of educational institutions buildings and river...