Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury

Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury

Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury and Commerce Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir at a high-level pre-budget consultative meeting at a hotel in Dhaka on 29 April 2026. Photo: TBS

Business leaders fume as finance, commerce ministers leave pre-budget meet midway

The announcement of the departure was met with immediate and vocal protests from the entrepreneurs and trade leaders in attendance

Parliament session on 30 March/ Screengrab

Bills tabled to scrap age limits for BSEC, Idra leadership

Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury. Sketch: TBS

Good companies see stock market as 'casino': Khosru

Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury. Photo: Collected

BNP govt repays inherited debt instead of printing money: Finance minister

Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury. Sketch: TBS

Khosru reaffirms to turn Bangladesh into a trillion-dollar economy by 2034

Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury. Sketch: TBS

Bangladesh's external debt till February stands at $78.06b: Khosru

Illustration: TBS

Govt mulls significant budget expenditure increase to address global crises, fulfil electoral pledges: Officials

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Govt aims for $1 trillion economy by 2034: Finance minister

Parliament session on 30 March/ Screengrab

Current MPs owe banks Tk11,117 crore in loans: Khosru 

Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury. Sketch: TBS

Shipbreaking sector to get govt support in green transition: Khosru

Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury. Sketch: TBS

Govt to cut debt reliance, boost domestic revenue to address economic challenges: Khosru

At a parliamentary session on 30 March/ Collected

13.6 lakh people aged above 15 enter job market every year: Khosru

Illustration: Ashrafun Naher Ananna/TBS Creative

New govt moves to accelerate sluggish ADP implementation