GDP

BNP to allocate 5% of GDP each for health and education if elected

"We have made two clear decisions: we will allocate 5 percent of GDP to health and 5 percent to education. This is our commitment," Chowdhury said.

Economy grows by 3.78% in Oct-Dec, slowest in three quarters

The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics says in quarterly GDP estimate

Bancassurance: a win-win solution for Bangladesh

With a gross domestic product growth rate of nearly 5.8 percent in 2023, Bangladesh is one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. Driving Bangladesh’s prospects is our extremely active domestic consumer market, which accounts for nearly 70 percent of GDP and is rapidly expanding on the back of a growing middle and affluent class. Fuelling this growth is a digital economy that is also expanding rapidly.

Bangladesh’s economic growth to slow to 5.6% in FY24: World Bank

The World Bank has forecasted a slow economic growth for Bangladesh because of factors like inflation

The growing importance of Bangladesh in the Indo-Pacific

In its foreign policy and international relations, the country has always advanced a free and open Indo-Pacific.

Govt’s borrowing goes up amid falling revenue

The government’s dependence on borrowing to finance national budgets has increased over the past decade as revenue collection has failed to keep pace with the ballooning public expenditure.

High time to reduce demand, tackle inflation head-on

The government should target reducing demand through ensuring market-based interest and exchange rates as well as cutting allocation for infrastructure projects to rein in inflation and protect the foreign currency reserves, said economists yesterday.

Bangladesh’s revenue-GDP ratio way lower than peers

Bangladesh’s revenue-GDP ratio is a third of the median seen in the countries that have the same credit rating, highlighting the country’s weak capacity to finance development and support growth, according to American credit ratings agency Fitch Ratings.

Public expenditure stays at lower level

Bangladesh’s public expenditure is not growing in keeping pace with the steadily expanding economy as it struggles to raise adequate revenues, thus failing to ensure full implementation of development programmes and provide expected services to its citizens.

October 20, 2015

WB estimates 6.5% GDP growth in FY 2015-16

The World Bank projects the gross domestic product (GDP) growth in FY16 at 6.5 percent.

October 19, 2015

21,316 deaths in Bangladesh road crashes in 2012: WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that total 21,316 people died across Bangladesh in just a year – 2012 – while pedestrians account to 32 percent of the total casualty.

October 14, 2015

Mahmood for shared responsibility to protect disaster-hit people

Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali demands shared responsibility of all states to protect the climate and disaster-induced displaced people and mitigate their misery.

October 11, 2015

Women workforce growing fast

World Bank President Jim Yong Kim has hailed Bangladesh's efforts to integrate more women in the workforce and singled it out as an

October 10, 2015

WB lauds Bangladesh’s women empowerment

World Bank chief hails empowerment of women in Bangladesh, recognising the country as a model in women’s progress in the world. Women participation in the country's workforce has the potential of adding 1.8% to GDP over the next decade, he says.

September 22, 2015