For years, the country boasted of being “Digital Bangladesh”, and yet beneath the slogans, the country’s telecom and technology sectors were often weighed down by high taxes, regulatory uncertainty and policies that made long-term investment difficult.

The allocation for agriculture in the proposed FY2026-27 budget has increased marginally in nominal terms.

Bangladesh taxes corporate income at rates that vary by the type of entity and its listing status.

The budget outlines strategies to connect highly educated and skilled Bangladeshi professionals living abroad with local education and research projects.

The new budget has proposed a sharp increase in education spending for the next fiscal year, but experts said a larger allocation would mean little unless the money is spent efficiently and translated into better learning outcomes.

Taxes on almost all daily essentials, including rice, lentils, fish, meat, sugar, salt, edible oil, and spices, have been reduced to help control prices and ease the burden on ordinary people.

LGRD minister calls the budget ‘creative’

Despite low GDP growth over the past three consecutive years, the government is targeting 6.5 percent growth for the next fiscal year in the proposed budget, based on the democratisation of the economy and encouraging private sector investment to boost growth, two economists said today

The government has proposed withdrawing source tax on the import of 60 essential commodities, aiming to improve the standard of living of every individual and family in the country

Keep the budget in line with ground realities.

Party says proposed budget places additional burden on ordinary citizens

The government has proposed the complete withdrawal of import duty on 51 new raw materials used in the manufacture of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) to make medicines more affordable for consumers in the domestic marke

The Foreign Investors’ Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI), the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB), the Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI), and the American Chamber of Commerce in Bangladesh (AmCham) have welcomed several measures in the proposed national budget for the 2026-27 fiscal year unveiled today.

Mahdi Amin says budget reflects BNP’s election manifesto and includes steps in 12 key sectors

While describing it as a largely realistic budget, he argued that the new government's ambitious targets have resulted in an expansionary fiscal plan whose implementation will be extremely difficult

REHAB is still reviewing the budget in detail, but its initial assessment suggests that it offers little meaningful support for the housing sector, he said

Finance minister says the measure reflects the govt’s commitment to senior citizens’ welfare

As part of efforts to maintain ecological balance, special initiatives have been undertaken to restore at least one river in each division by freeing it from encroachment

Once implemented, the international airports in Dhaka, Chattogram and Sylhet will gradually be upgraded into full-fledged logistics hubs, which will significantly expand the e-commerce sector

The Bangladesh government has proposed appropriate policy formulation in the electronics sector to transform the country into one of the leading global electronics manufacturing hubs within the next five years, as part of its fiscal year 2026-27 budget.