Finance Minister Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury expressed confidence that the revenue growth target for the 2026–27 fiscal year will be achieved.
He said this while talking to the reporters on Thursday after a meeting with senior officials of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) and business leaders at the Revenue Building in the capital's Agargaon area.
"Revenue collection will be very good. Everyone at the NBR is geared up. God willing, we will achieve the revenue target we have set."
In the current fiscal year, the NBR has been tasked with collecting Tk 6.04 trillion in revenue, which is 45 per cent higher than the target set for the just-concluded fiscal year.
Such a high year-on-year increase in the revenue target has never been set before.
The meeting was attended by NBR Chairman Ahsan Habib, the Finance Secretary, and other senior NBR officials.
Leaders of the Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA) also met with the finance minister during the same session to present their various demands.
Referring to the discussion with BTMA leaders, the minister said "We maintain continuous engagement with the business community to understand the challenges they face and how those can be resolved. We have already carried out many deregulation measures. If there are still any remaining issues, they are being discussed. The process of resolving these problems is ongoing and will continue."
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