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”. “The World Bank and IMF forecast that our GDP growth would be below 2 percent. With the economy almost fully reopened, the government has kept the annual GDP growth target for 2020-21 fiscal year unchanged at 8.2 percent. The World Bank in an April forecast the worst economic slump in Bangladesh in 40 years. Researcher Zaid Bakht believes 5.24 percent GDP growth is “nothing unusual” despite the pandemic.

Source: bd News24 August 10, 2020 20:03 UTC