The national budget of the next fiscal of 2024-25 is likely to be placed in Jatiya Sangsad on June 6.

“The national budget for FY 2024-25 will be placed in Jatiya Sangsad on June 6 next. Finance Minister Abul Hasan Mahmud Ali will unveil the budget in the JS on that day. The ministry has already distributed responsibilities among the officials concerned in this regard,” a senior official of the ministry confirmed BSS on Thursday.

The size of the next budget is expected to be around Tk 8 lakh crore, said the official, adding that controlling the rising inflation is likely to get the highest priority in the budget.

The budget for FY2024-25 will be the country’s 53rd budget and the 25th of the Awami League government in 6th terms.

Tajuddin Ahmed presented the country’s first budget as finance minister of the post-independence Bangabandhu government in 1972. The size of the country’s first budget was Tk 7.86 billion and ADP size was Tk 5.01 billion.