Published: 12:32 AM, 07 June 2026
PM leads BNP parliamentary party meeting in JS
A meeting of the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) parliamentary party was held at the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Bhaban in Dhaka ahead of the budget session of the 13th JS to begin today.
Prime Minister and Leader of the House Tarique Rahman chaired the meeting at the meeting room of the ruling party in the Sangsad Bhaban this afternoon, Premier's Deputy Press Secretary Jahidul Islam Rony told journalists.
The Prime Minister also delivered closing remarks at the meeting that began at 3 pm and ended at 6:20 pm.
Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir delivered the welcome address while Chief Whip Nurul Islam Moni conducted it.
Different important issues were discussed in the meeting. Cabinet members and treasury bench lawmakers took part in the discussion.
The budget for 2026-2027 fiscal year is scheduled to be presented in Parliament very soon. The FY26 budget has already been reduced to Tk 7.88 lakh crore from an earlier downsized estimate of Tk 7.90 lakh crore, but full implementation still looks unlikely.
The Annual Development Program (ADP) was only 41.41 percent implemented during the July-April period, leaving little time for a substantial acceleration in the remaining months.
For citizens, the consequences are tangible. They appear as delayed public services, slower delivery of infrastructure and social programs, and postponed economic benefits. Abdur Razzaque, chairman of the Research and Policy Integration for Development (RAPID), said development spending is usually the first casualty because salaries, interest payments and other recurrent expenditures cannot easily be reduced.
"As a result, essential investments in health, education and social protection are squeezed year after year, leaving Bangladesh with allocations in these areas that remain among the lowest in the world when measured against GDP," said the economist.
Abdur Razzaque argued that sustained underinvestment in these sectors weakens future growth by limiting human capital formation, productivity gains and overall competitiveness.
