Bangladesh GDP, after almost a decade of 6 per cent plus growth, has achieved 7.24% in FY 17. Bangladesh ranked 31
st among the world’s 32 largest economies in 2016. Its GDP (PPP) was $628 billion, and it was projected to increase to $3,064 billion in 2050, according to report of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), as mentioned by ICC Bangladesh to its latest News Bulletin editorial (April-June 2017 issue).
By 2050 Bangladesh, India and Vietnam will become the fastest growing economies, with Bangladesh expected to see an impressive growth that will push it to 23
rd place overall, the report added. PwC ranked 32 countries by their projected global gross domestic product (GDP) at purchasing power parity (PPP), and made projections for up to 2050.
Bangladesh’s growth in 2017 will be 6.8 percent, the World Bank has said in a report.
The global lender, in its report Global Economic Prospect released Sunday, attributed the decline in growth to sliding remittance and shrink in internal demand and industrial production.
Finance Minister AMA Muhith has projected for a GDP growth of 7.4 percent for the fiscal
2017-18 in the budget he proposed. However, he himself said it was an ambitious budget.
Last year, the growth target of overcoming the “6 percent growth trap” was overcome as...
Bangladesh faces formidable challenges in moving to a higher growth path of 8 percent plus GDP to become a middle income country. The foremost challenge lies with the stagnant private investment followed by weak institutional capacity to implement development projects. To achieve its goal of middle-income country status by 2021 and to accelerate inclusive growth as well as reduce poverty and income inequality, the country will require a substantial increase in yearly investments from 29.0% of GDP in FY2015 to 34.4% of GDP by FY2020, said ICC Bangladesh President Mahbubur Rahman while presenting the Executive Board Report at the ICC Bangladesh Annual Council held in Dhaka on Thursday (25 May).
Bangladesh economy embraces 2017 with some other challenges that include declining remittanc...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the City Bank Limited on April 27 signed a loan agreement for $5 million to support import and export financing for Bangladeshi businesses. Under the agreement, ADB’s Trade Finance Program (TFP) will provide trade loans to the City Bank to on-lend to local firms.
“We are pleased to be growing the partnership with the City Bank and to support more trade, which is directly linked to job creation and economic growth,” said Edward Faber, TFP
Relationship Manager for Bangladesh. “Wit...
The Energy Efficiency Engagement (3e) Secretariat in collaboration with the Embassy of Denmark in Dhaka jointly organized a seminar titled
‘Renewable Energy, Energy and Water Efficiency in the Textile/Garment Industry’ on Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at Hotel Radisson Blu, Dhaka. The focus of the seminar was to promote effective implementation of Energy, Renewable Energy and Water Efficiency in the Textile/Garment Industry in Bangladesh, create awareness among industries, share key findings and achievements of the 3e programme and showcase Danish Technological solutions to the industries.
The program started with a welcome address by Søren Robenhagen, Commercial Counsellor at
lead with strategic partners - Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, SIMAVI, IRC, Wetlands International and AKVO. The programme aim...
