Draft 5-yr-plan irks experts

Dhaka, Jan 30 (bdnews24.com) — The draft of the sixth five-year plan has drawn huge criticism from experts, including some key policymakers, one terming it 'poorly written'. The planning ministry on Sunday organised a discussion on the first part of the draft titled  'Strategic Direction & Policy Framework' meant for having feedbacks from stakeholders. Apart from government officials and economists, three ministers and three advisors joined the session. However, the planning minister — the chair of the programme — could not turn up due to illness.

Inflation to hover around 7pc: BB

Dhaka, Jan 30 (bdnews24.com) – Bangladesh Bank fears that the inflation rate would increase by 0.5 percentage point to 7.0 percent in lieu of budgetary target of 6.5 percent for the current fiscal. "We don't think 12-month average inflation will come down rapidly in the second of the fiscal and it's feared that the rate will be hovering around 7.0 per cent in June 2011," central bank governor  Dr Atiur Rahman said while announcing the 'accommodative' monetary policy statement (MPS) for Jan-June period of the current fiscal. The MPS is, however, upbeat about achieving the 6.7 percent growth target for the current fiscal.

Bangladesh to clock 7 pct GDP growth in 2011-12 fiscal: central bank

The central bank of Bangladesh Sunday rolled out its monetary policy for the second half of the current fiscal year ending June 2011, and predicted more than 7.0 percent GDP growth for the South Asian country in the 2011-12 fiscal year.

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