Describing the reasons behind placing an ambitious national budget with an 8.2 percent GDP growth target, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday hoped that her government will be able to implement it as it did in previous fiscal years.

The annual proposed national budget for the fiscal year 2020-2021 was announced on June 11 by Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal, with a proposed allocation of Tk 579.26 crore for the Ministry of Cultural Affairs, known as the governing body for the overall cultural sector of Bangladesh in general.

Referring to the fact that the country’s mobile operators are taking extra charges before the passage of the national budget, Information Minister Hasan Mahmud on Thursday said the practice is unfair.