A couple of months back, the government unveiled the Perspective Plan 2021-2041. The plan has been formulated aiming to achieve 9.0 per cent gross domestic product (GDP) growth by 2031 and 9.90 per cent by 2041. The key objective of the plan is to take Bangladesh's economy forward. Under this landm

The country's small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are not in a good state at all amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The deadly virus caused disruption to their production and sales. Nearly eight million entrepreneurs in the sector are incurring losses due to the lingering disruption to their production an

Financial or current account in an economy indicates the state of total export earnings along with inward foreign remittance and the import payments. Ultimately, the current account surplus helps the foreign exchange reserve to be robust. Foreign investors' confidence on any economy is boosted, if

The inflow of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) had not improved in Bangladesh to a great extent. Inadequate infrastructure coupled with bureaucratic complexities and a wide range of corruption kept investors away. Foreign investment is badly needed in emerging economies of the world. Amid the Covid-

It is learnt that there are half a dozen Asia-based regional platforms. The purpose of these platforms is to enhance solidarity among member countries. Besides, to keep peace and bring economic prosperity are the key purposes of the platforms which were formed time to time based on need of the hour

In the wake of novel coronavirus, Bangladesh's economy may land in a dire situation in coming days. Economic activity is not being noticed to take place to a great extent. The Covid-19-affected economies in the world have been struggling to survive. Bangladesh is no exception and the country now fa

Bangladesh, as a least developed country, enjoys a lot of facilities provided by the European Union (EU). These facilities came following the request made by our government to be promoted economically. Especially, the 28-country bloc, namely the European Union, has extended facilities to Bangladesh

After a gap of two years, the Bangladesh Development Forum (BDF) organised by Economic Relations Division (ERD) was held in Dhaka. The objectives of arranging such a programme is to portray the gained economic performances before the representatives of donor agencies. The programme began with highl