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    Top 10 quotes from Muhith’s budget speech

    Finance Minister Abul Maaal Abdul Muhith has presented a Tk 4 trillion budget for the next fiscal with a GDP growth target 7.4 percent.

    Senior Correspondentbdnews24.com
    Published : 1 June 2017, 12:25 PM
    Updated : 1 June 2017, 12:25 PM

    ‘Bangladesh on Development Highway: The Time is Ours’ is the title of the proposed budget, the last full budget of the current government’s tenure.

     
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