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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.
7% growth impossible without pvt investments: Raushan
Leader of the Opposition in parliament Raushan Ershad says it is not possible to achieve the target of the economic growth at 7 percent without increasing private sector investments in the country.
From 'good-enough' jobs to 'decent' jobs
Though there are many views on 'inclusive growth', the key consensus is that inclusive growth is a growth process which reduces poverty, inequality and social exclusion and promotes 'decent' jobs and economic and social cohesion.
Hurdles to investment
One of the key determinants behind this growth rate has been the accumulation of capital (i.e., investment). The regulatory environment for business in a country can have a direct impact on this...
Bangladesh performs well in inclusive growth
AS per a report published by ESCAP titled 'Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2015', Bangladesh is ahead of both India and Pakistan in terms of inclusive growth.
ADB cuts Bangladesh's GDP growth to 6.1pc
Asian Development Bank revises down its growth projection for Bangladesh to 6.1 percent for 2015 fiscal from its earlier projection of 6.4 percent.
Redefining goals of the upcoming budget
THIS is the time of the year that draws the attention of most people on economic and financial matters. The Finance Ministry and the National
A journey through light and shadow
BANGLADESH'S War of Independence in 1971 was the culmination of a prolonged movement for emancipation from economic, political and cultural subjugation by West Pakistan.
The Hurt of the Average
WE are objective and neutral in our assessment when it comes to sourcing”, announced a brand's moderator in a conference held for the benefit of twenty global manufacturers in Hong Kong forty-eight hours ago. Sitting right by the Harbour with a splendid view of the waves crashing against the rocks, the meeting soothed most of us while we listened to the stories from the other readymade garment suppliers from the other parts of the world, namely Pakistan, India, China and Myanmar.
Bangladesh ahead of India in social indicators: Amartya
Bangladesh has performed better than India in terms of economic and social development of women despite the latter’s faster economic growth, views Nobel laureate Prof Amartya Sen.
Growth rates and instability
AN interesting trend can be observed when one takes a look at the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rates of the country during the past few years. If GDP growth rates are plotted according to year, it has a resemblance to a wave, containing a peak and a trough. The dips in the economic growth rates can be seen during election years where rates start to decline in the years preceding the election years.