Workers adjusts fasteners during construction of the Chittagong-Cox’s Bazar railway line in Ramu, Bangladesh, on May 17. Photo: AFP
Workers adjusts fasteners during construction of the Chittagong-Cox’s Bazar railway line in Ramu, Bangladesh, on May 17. Photo: AFP
Syed Munir Khasru
Opinion

Opinion

Eye on Asia by Syed Munir Khasru

How Bangladesh has surged past India on road to South Asian economic stardom

  • Fiscal prudence, export industrialisation and policies such as the empowerment of women and girls have allowed Bangladesh to leapfrog India in per capita GDP and other indicators
  • But even as the smaller neighbour outpaces the bigger one, untapped economic gains remain to be explored between the two