The press conference began at 3pm at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium.

Also present at the event were Home Affairs Adviser Jahangir Alam Chowdhury; Planning Adviser Wahiduddin Mahmud; Power, Energy, and Mineral Resources Adviser Fouzul Kabir Khan; Finance Secretary Khairuzzaman Mozumder; Cabinet Secretary Sheikh Abdur Rashid; and Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Ahsan H Mansur, among others.

Earlier, on Monday, Salehuddin had presented a proposed budget of Tk7,89,999 crore in a televised speech.