Dhaka, June 13 -- An amount of Tk 1,488 crore has been proposed for the Youth and Sports Ministry, including a Tk 20 crore special allocation for Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) for the development of the country's football, in the annual budget for 2019-20 fiscal year.

The proposed allocation is less by 31 crore of the previous (FY 2018-19) revised budget while less by Tk 10 crore of the proposed budget of the last fiscal year.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal made the announcement during the budget speech at the Jatiya Sangasad Bhaban Thursday afternoon.

Of the proposed amount, Tk 1,274 crore has been kept aside for operating expenditure and remaining 214 crore for the development expenditure.

In his budget speech, the Financ...