BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan on Thursday alleged that a handful of people, not the common ones, are getting the benefits of the country’s 'questionable' GDP growth.

Bangladesh has overtaken its much-larger neighbour India in terms of per capita GDP in 2020, owing to a respectable performance on the economic front despite slowing growth coupled with a steep contraction in the India economy as a result of their coronavirus lockdown. Per capita gross domestic product (GDP) is a global measure for gauging the prosperity of nations and is used by economists, along with GDP, to analyze the prosperity of a country, to go with its economic heft. It is calculated by dividing the GDP of a country by its population.  According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF)-World Economic Outlook (WEO) database, Bangladesh is going to pip India as its per capita GDP in dollar terms is likely to expand 4 percent in 2020 to $1,888. Its per capita GDP is growing at a rate faster than its GDP. Meanwhile, India's per capita GDP is expected to slump 10.5 per cent to $1,877, which is the lowest in the last four years. Its per capita GDP fell at a faster rate than its GDP. The GDP number for both countries is at current prices.

Bangladesh's GDP growth will be 1.6 percent in the running 2020-21 fiscal, World Bank on Thursday forecast in its twice-a-year-regional update.