After the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, or BBS, published the latest data on Monday, Planning Minister MA Mannan expressed happiness calling the GDP growth “promising”. I would say that a 5.24 per cent growth even after these hurdles is a very good growth,” he was quoted by bdnews24.com as saying. “The World Bank and IMF forecast that our GDP growth would be below 2.0 per cent. With the economy almost fully reopened, the government has kept the annual GDP growth target for 2020-21 fiscal year unchanged at 8.2 per cent. Researcher Zaid Bakht believes 5.24 per cent GDP growth is “nothing unusual” despite the pandemic.

Source: bd News24 August 11, 2020 07:41 UTC