President Mohammed Shahabuddin today authenticated the national budget for fiscal year (FY) 2026-27 and the revised budget for FY 2025-26 prior to their presentation before the Jatiya Sangsad by Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury.

The Head of State authenticated the budget documents at his office at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban complex at around 2:45 pm which was earlier approved by the Cabinet in a special meeting chaired by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. 

The proposed national budget for FY27 has a total outlay of Tk 9.38 lakh crore, the largest in the country's history.

Finance Division Secretary Dr Md Khairuzzaman Mozumder and secretaries concerned to the President and other senior officials were present on the occasion, said a parliament source.

This is the country's 55th national budget and the first budget of the incumbent BNP government led by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman.

The FY27 budget is also the maiden budget of Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury, a standing committee member of the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).

According to Finance Division officials, the budget has been prepared under the theme, "Economic Democratization and Deregulation: Bangladesh's Journey Towards a Trillion-Dollar Economy".

This will be the first budget presented by a BNP government since the FY2006-07 budget, which was placed by the then finance minister M. Saifur Rahman.

The President also exchanged greetings with officials and employees of the Jatiya Sangsad.