Dhaka, May 30 -- Finance Adviser Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed is set to unveil Bangladesh's national budget for the fiscal year 2025-26 on June 2.

The pre-recorded budget speech will be broadcast at 4:00 PM via Bangladesh Television (BTV) and Bangladesh Betar. To ensure broad public access, all private television channels and radio stations have been requested to simultaneously air the speech by relaying the BTV feed.

Sources said, this FY's budget will drive by a sharp rise in interest payment that is crowding out fiscal space and forcing spending cuts.

Officials said, the national budget for the 2025-26 fiscal year has been proposed at Tk 7,90,000 crore, which is Tk 7,000 crore less than the current fiscal year's original allocation.

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