Hasan terms reactions on budget of BNP, other organisations as stereotype BSS 4th June, 2021 09:31:35 Coming down heavily on the comments of BNP and others over the budget issue, Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud today said the reactions on the budget of BNP and some other organizations are stereotype. “You can see at the newspapers of the last few years, they have been making the same comments every year after the budget,” he told newsmen replying to a comment at his official residence at Mintu Road in the capital. In his speech, the minister said CPD and some others termed the budget as weak. “In the last year, the budget deficit in the United States was 15.2 percent in comparison to the GDP, 14.3 percent in the United Kingdom, 12.62 percent in Japan and 9.3 percent in neighbouring India. Besides, the budget deficit was only 6.2 percent in Bangladesh,” he added.