File photo of Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal Mahmood Hossain Opu/Dhaka TribuneThe finance minister made the remark when World Bank acting country director in Bangladesh and Bhutan Dandan Chen met him at his officeFinance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Thursday said Bangladesh will enter the list of top 20 contributors to the world GDP growth in the next five years. "Bangladesh will be among the countries that have significant contributions to the world economic growth by 2024," he said. The finance minister made the remark when World Bank acting country director in Bangladesh and Bhutan Dandan Chen met him at his office, according to press release quoted by UNB. Mustafa Kamal said Bangladesh will have a place in the list of 20 countries that will make top-level contributions to the world GDP growth in 2024. In the next five years, China will have the highest 28% contribution to global GDP growth, followed by India with 13.7%, and USA with 10.5%, said the finance minister.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 09, 2019 16:18 UTC