A greener future for a young nation going places fast

efore the pandemic hit, Bangladesh’s GDP was also growing at a fast pace. In 2019 the economy grew by 8.2% and in 2020, at the height of the pandemic, it still expanded by 3.5%, followed by 6.9% in 2021. “We expect to attain over 7% growth rate in the current fiscal year,” said Bangladesh’s long-serving prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, at the 27th Nikkei Future