Dhaka, June 9 -- Bangladesh is entering a new fiscal year burdened by inflation that refuses to ease, persistent joblessness, weakening investment, energy insecurity and shrinking fiscal space -- a convergence of pressures squeezing the economy on multiple fronts.

Yet the government insists the response will not be confined to short-term stabilisation. Instead, it is framing a broader attempt to rebuild what it describes as a structurally weakened economy.

Finance and Planning Advisor Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir says the country has inherited "accumulated problems" that require not only recovery but reconstruction.

Speaking on bdnews24.com's flagship discussion programme Inside Out, he outlined a policy vision that shifts the focus of eco...