Political accord must for economic stability

A former caretaker adviser has underlined the need of consensus among political parties to spur economic growth. Former Finance Adviser AB Mirza Azizul Islam, while speaking at a bdnews24.com-organised roundtable Saturday, said the economy will suffer if a political crisis prevailed. Political analyst Salimullah Khan emphasised a consensus upon talks among the political parties before the next parliamentary polls. Mirza Aziz said investment was needed to propel growth and added that one-fifth of the investments came from public sector and the rest from the private. “Political stability, law and order, good governance are the key prerequisites among others for the private sector to invest.” Former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) ATM Shamsul Huda said at the discussion that the trend of ‘acceptable’ polls had been disrupted in the 10th general elections.