The government plans to boost exports by promoting large industries and send a record number of migrant workers abroad to raise foreign currency reserves.
The national budget for the next fiscal year will be the third since the start of the Covid-19 crisis in March 2020. Can we expect it to address the current realities, contexts and challenges of Bangladesh?
The upcoming national budget for 2022-23 should focus on creating jobs and controlling inflation for the survival of the marginalised people, said Debapriya Bhattacharya, convener of the Citizen’s Platform for SDGs, Bangladesh.