Unnayan Onneshan (UO), an independent multidisciplinary think-tank, observed that the proposed budget lacks measures necessary to address the macroeconomic, medium term and institutional challenges facing the economy at the advent of a pandemic while the expected growth rate of 8.2 per cent might be deemed unrealistic.

The Unnayan Onneshan (UO), an independent research organisation, has said the macroeconomic indicators put further downward pressure on the economy in the year 2019.