June 11, 2026

Staff Correspondent

bdnews24.com

At a time when Bangladesh’s macroeconomy is under considerable strain due to inflation, external debt stress and a widening revenue gap, Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has set a GDP growth target one percentage point higher than the target in the outgoing fiscal year.

It is also 2.36 percentage points higher than the latest provisional growth figures.