Planning and Education Adviser Wahiduddin Mahmud emphasized on Monday that generating more employment is now a higher priority for the interim government than simply boosting GDP growth. Speaking to reporters after a meeting with Planning Ministry officials at the NEC Conference Room in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka, he highlighted the need
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Employment generation takes priority over GDP growth: Planning Adviser Wahiduddin
Planning and Education Adviser Wahiduddin Mahmud emphasized on Monday that generating more employment is now a higher priority for the interim government than simply boosting GDP growth. Speaking to reporters after a meeting with Planning Ministry officials at the NEC Conference Room in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka, he highlighted the need
Next budget will be contractionary lowering GDP growth to 6.9pc
The government is preparing the next annual budget as contractionary aiming to reduce inflation rate and restore financial stability, according to an official document. The size of the budget is likely to be Tk8.05 lakh crore (8 lakh and 5 thousand crore), and the expenditure growth is being fixed at 8
Country’s GDP growth higher than forecast for FY23: ADB
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said the current gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate in Bangladesh is estimated higher than forecast for fiscal year 2023 as it kept the country's growth forecast unchanged at 6.5 percent for fiscal 2024. "The current growth rate in Bangladesh is estimated higher than forecast for
ADB lowers GDP growth forecast to 5.3pc in FY 23
Asian Development Bank (ADB) has lowered Bangladesh's gross domestic product (GDP) growth projection to the 5.3% for fiscal year (FY) 2023 from its earlier forecast of 6.6%. In September 2022, it trimmed its growth forecast for Bangladesh's GDP to 6.6% for the current fiscal year from a 7.1% projection made in
