State-owned Bangladesh Television (BTV) earned Tk8.05 crore while spending Tk254.18 crore in the first 11 months of the current fiscal year up to May, Parliament was told on Monday.
Information and Broadcasting Minister Zahir Uddin Swapon disclosed the information in response to a question from Naogaon-3 MP Fazle Huda during the National Parliament session, presided over by Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad.
Among BTV’s total income this year, revenue from the advertising branch amounted to Tk5.07 crore, the minister said.
The minister also presented a five-year trend of BTV’s income and expenditure from 2020-21 to 2024-25. In 2020-21, BTV’s income stood at Tk34.05 crore against expenditure of Tk280.81 crore. The following year, income rose to Tk40.26 crore while expenditure remained high at Tk285.47 crore.
In 2022-23, income dropped to Tk 30.87 crore while expenditure surged to Tk 370.61 crore – the highest deficit over the five-year period. The next fiscal year, income increased to Tk44.21 crore with expenditure at Tk298.57 crore. In 2024-25, income fell to Tk27.64 crore while expenditure stood at Tk307.92 crore.
