Dhaka, June 18 -- Eminent economists of the country on Wednesday said the interim government has missed a rare opportunity to formulate a pro-people budget that aligns with the spirit of the July Movement.

"This budget is not in line with the spirit we have been advocating through the July Movement," said Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya, convener of Citizen's Platform for SDGs, Bangladesh.

He observed that the formulation process and structure of the proposed national budget were flawed. "This budget has been prepared within a contradiction of consciousness and process, based on a complementary framework," he said.

Debapriya, also a distinguished fellow at the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), made the remarks while delivering the introducto...