\\\'Economy moving ahead in unbelievable pace\\\'

Bangladesh economy is moving ahead in an unbelievable pace with most of the economic indicators showing a positive and rising trend, the Ministry of Planning has said. A presentation by the ministry has said the country has managed to attain 6.2 per cent GDP growth rate on average in five fiscal years from 2009-2013 to 2013-2014 which was 4.5 per cent on average during the 1991-2009 period and 3.4 per cent on average till 1990 since the country's independence. On export earnings, the presentation showed that the export earnings were 30.2 billion in the last fiscal year (2013-14) which was only 12.2 billion in fiscal 2006-07. In terms of revenue collection, it totalled Tk 1.57 trillion in the 2013-14 fiscal year compared to Tk 0.49 trillion in fiscal 2006-07, according to a news agency.