UNB, Dhaka :
Presenting his second budget amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said Bangladesh’s extraordinary pace of development has stunned the world now.
“Bangladesh is now the wonder of wonders,” he said in his budget speech on Thursday adding that the world leaders, who attended the national programme of Bangabandhu’s birth centenary and Golden Jubilee of Independence noted the country’s progress with high admiration.
In his budget speech’s section titled “Bangladesh Towards a Resilient Future Protecting Lives and Livelihoods”, the finance minister, quoting the Center for Economic and Business Research (CEBR), said Bangladesh will become the 25th largest economy in the world by 2035 if the current trend in its economic growth continues.
Once one of the 10 poorest countries in the world, Bangladesh is now the 41st largest economy in the world.
The global leaders, the minister said, committed and hoped to become partners in Bangladesh’s future progress.
