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