GDP Growth in Bangladesh

National Budget FY2023-24 / Tax target likely to be missed for the 11th year

The tax collection growth fell further in April, making it tougher for the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to attain its goal of raising Tk 370,000 crore in the current fiscal year. 

Loan defaulters get a big break

Bangladesh Bank yesterday substantially relaxed the policy for rescheduling defaulted loans, allowing defaulters to repay term loans over a maximum period of eight years whereas it was previously two years.

GDP: A misleading measure of development

Annual GDP refers to the financial value of all the products and services produced in a country in a given year. This means as a country’s financial transactions increase, so does GDP.

Bangladesh posts 6.94% GDP growth in FY21

Bangladesh’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew 6.94 per cent in the fiscal year 2021.

Bangladesh ahead in South Asia in GDP growth in FY2019-20: WB

The World Bank in a report has estimated that Bangladesh will do better than its South Asian neighbours in GDP growth for the fiscal year 2019-20.

Bangladesh to see 7.5pc growth in FY2021: ADB

Bangladesh’s GDP is expected to grow by 4.5 percent in FY2020 and 7.5 percent in FY2021, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has said in a report of Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2020 Supplement.

People now getting benefits of development: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says the common people are now getting the benefits of her government's development programmes as it has been able to lower the inflation rate with sustainable GDP growth.

Why is Bangladesh booming?

Bangladesh has become one of Asia's most remarkable and unexpected success stories in recent years. Once one of the poorest regions of Pakistan, Bangladesh remained an economic basket case—wracked by poverty and famine—for many years after independence in 1971. In fact, by 2006, conditions seemed so hopeless that when Bangladesh registered faster growth than Pakistan, it was dismissed as a fluke.

May 15, 2023
May 15, 2023

Tax target likely to be missed for the 11th year

The tax collection growth fell further in April, making it tougher for the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to attain its goal of raising Tk 370,000 crore in the current fiscal year. 

July 19, 2022
July 19, 2022

Loan defaulters get a big break

Bangladesh Bank yesterday substantially relaxed the policy for rescheduling defaulted loans, allowing defaulters to repay term loans over a maximum period of eight years whereas it was previously two years.

May 24, 2022
May 24, 2022

GDP: A misleading measure of development

Annual GDP refers to the financial value of all the products and services produced in a country in a given year. This means as a country’s financial transactions increase, so does GDP.

February 8, 2022
February 8, 2022

Bangladesh posts 6.94% GDP growth in FY21

Bangladesh’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew 6.94 per cent in the fiscal year 2021.

October 8, 2020
October 8, 2020

Bangladesh ahead in South Asia in GDP growth in FY2019-20: WB

The World Bank in a report has estimated that Bangladesh will do better than its South Asian neighbours in GDP growth for the fiscal year 2019-20.

June 18, 2020
June 18, 2020

Bangladesh to see 7.5pc growth in FY2021: ADB

Bangladesh’s GDP is expected to grow by 4.5 percent in FY2020 and 7.5 percent in FY2021, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has said in a report of Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2020 Supplement.

September 8, 2018
September 8, 2018

People now getting benefits of development: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says the common people are now getting the benefits of her government's development programmes as it has been able to lower the inflation rate with sustainable GDP growth.

April 27, 2018
April 27, 2018

Why is Bangladesh booming?

Bangladesh has become one of Asia's most remarkable and unexpected success stories in recent years. Once one of the poorest regions of Pakistan, Bangladesh remained an economic basket case—wracked by poverty and famine—for many years after independence in 1971. In fact, by 2006, conditions seemed so hopeless that when Bangladesh registered faster growth than Pakistan, it was dismissed as a fluke.