Life is set to get tougher for the poor and the low-income people as the Asian Development Bank yesterday projected that inflation in Bangladesh would average 6.7 percent this fiscal year, up from 6.2 percent in fiscal 2021-22.

Specific policy incentives are needed to stimulate the economy and revive the labour market.

Bangladesh is lagging behind its neighbours with smaller GDP sizes when it comes to education spending.

An economy without an independent source of data is like an aircraft flying without its airspeed sensors.

Annual GDP refers to the financial value of all the products and services produced in a country in a given year. This means as a country’s financial transactions increase, so does GDP.