All budget info on bdnews24.com

Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith’s budget speech and all other information on the budget for 2015-16 fiscal year will be available on bdnews24.com

Muhith will place the national budget in Parliament on Thursday.

A government statement said on Wednesday the minister will begin making the budget proposals at 3pm.

This will be the second budget of the present government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the ninth placed by Muhith.

“Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith is going to set a rare example by placing budget for the seventh consecutive year,” the statement said.

It said finance minister’s budget speech and other related information would be available on several government websites and on country’s first online newspaper www.bdnews24.com.

The government websites are www.bangladesh.gov.bd,www.nbr-bd.org,www.plancomm.gov.bd,www.imed.gov.bd,www.pressinform.portal.gov.bdand www.pmo.gov.bd.

Parliament will provide the budget speech, annual financial statement, government accounts, information on joint fund receipt, demands for grants and allocations (revenue and development).

It will also provide demands for grants and allocations (development), activities of 40 ministries on women development and protection of rights, budget thoughts on children, policy statement of macro economy, mid-term budget structure, annual financial statement, summary of budget, Bangladesh Economic Review-2015 and other related documents.

Anyone can download any information and documents from the Finance Division website – www.mof.gov.bd – and send opinions and suggestions from home and abroad by filing up the feedback form.

“All the opinions and suggestions will be taken into consideration while approving the national budget,” the statement said.

The post-budget press conference will be held at 4pm on Friday at Osmani Memorial Auditorium.