Parliament on Sunday passed the Tk797,000 crore national budget for 2024-25 fiscal year with an aim to attain a 6.75% economic growth and keep inflation to around 6%.
Finance Minister AH Mahmood Ali moved the Appropriations Bill 2024, seeking a budgetary allocation of Tk12,41,752 crore which was passed by voice votes.
Earlier on Saturday, the parliament passed the Finance Bill 2024 with some minor changes.
Following the proposal mooted in the House by the Finance Ministry for the parliamentary approval of the appropriation of funds for meeting necessary development and non-development expenditures of the government, the ministers concerned placed justifications for the expenditure by their respective ministries through 59 demands for grants.
Earlier, the parliament rejected, by voice votes, a total of 251 cut motions that stood in the name of opposition members on 59 demands for grants for different ministries.

Seven MPs, including Mujibul Hoque Chunnu, Hafiz Uddin Ahmed, Pankaj Nath, Md Hamidul Haque Khandker, Md Abul Kalam, Md Suhrab Uddin and Md Nasser Shahrear Zahedee placed the cut motions.
They were, however, allowed to participate in the discussion on Law Ministry, Secondary and Higher Studies Division and Social Welfare Ministry.
Later, Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury quickened the process of passing the demands for grants for different ministries without giving a lunch break.