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New budget to be placed at JS Thursday

Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith will unveil the national budget for 2017-18 financial year (FY18) at the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) at 1:30 pm on Thursday.This will be the fourth budget of the Awami League government in the current tenure and the 11th of Muhith as the finance minister, said a press an official release here today.Muhith is going to be the first finance minister who is placing the national budget for the ninth time in a row since 2009.The finance financer earlier said that the upcoming budget for fiscal 2017-18 will be the `best budget` of his life. He hinted that the budget size is likely to over Taka 4 trillion.He also hinted at increasing the revenue growth target to 30 percent in the new budget.Like in the previous year, the budget this year too will be presented on PowerPoint and will be made available on the website of the finance division --www.mof.gov.bd.The budget documents will also be available on www.bangladesh.gov.bd, www.nbr-bd.org, www.plancomm.gov.bd, www.imed.gov.bd, www.bdpressinform.org and www.pmo.gov.bd and at the BSS website-- www.bssnews.net.Any person or organisation at home and abroad can send feedback, opinion or recommendation by filling up a form after downloading it from the website.The finance minister will address a post budget press conference at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium on June 2 at 3 pm on Friday.Source: BSS