Citizen’s Platform for SDGs, Bangladesh, organised a multistakeholder dialogue titled “National Budget 2025–26: What is There for the Left-behinds?” on 18 June 2025 to critically examine the newly proposed national budget and its implications for marginalised communities and the broader economy.

Bangladesh is preparing its FY2025–26 National Budget while engaging in global discussions ahead of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4). With just five years remaining to achieve the 2030 Agenda and ongoing gender inequalities, it is essential to strengthen Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB) to ensure fiscal policies address the needs and rights of women and girls.

As Bangladesh prepares its first national budget under the Interim Government following the July 2024 uprising, stakeholders from multifaceted sectors gathered together to reflect on urgent reform priorities at a multistakeholder forum titled “Bangladesh Economy 2025–26: Policy Reforms and National Budget.”