Desk Report
Publish: 08 Feb 2022, 05:02 pm
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The country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate reached 6.94 percent in FY21 while the
per capita income increased to $2,591.
The
size of the GDP in the last fiscal year (FY21) stood at Taka 35,302 billion or
US$416 billion, according to the final report of the Bangladesh Bureau of
Statistics (BBS).
The
information was disclosed today at the meeting of the Executive Committee of
the National Economic Council (ECNEC) with the ECNEC Chairperson and Prime
Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair.
The
Premier joined the meeting virtually from her official Ganabhaban residence
while Ministers, State Ministers, Planning Commission members, and secretaries
concerned attended it from the NEC Conference Room in the city's Sher-e-Bangla
Nagar area.
Briefing
reporters after the meeting, Planning Minister MA Mannan said that the
provisional growth estimation was 5.43 percent, however by the end, it
increased by 1.51 percentage points.
"Our
GDP growth upturned to nearly 7 percent while many other countries were hit
hard during the Covid-19 pandemic," he added.
He
said that the Prime Minister is very happy with the achievement and she has
dedicated this to the countrymen.
"As
per the initial estimation, the size of GDP was $411 billion which later rose
to $416 billion," he added.
Meanwhile,
Bangladesh's per capita income has increased to $2,591 that previously was
estimated to be $2,554.
State
Minister of Planning Dr Shamsul Alam said the growth in national GDP is proof that Bangladesh’s economy has bolstered since the country has made progress
in sectors like export and remittance.
Planning
Commission members and secretaries concerned, among others, joined the
briefing.
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