Dhaka, Nov. 14 -- A committee's draft audit report has found "inconsistencies" and structural weaknesses in Bangladesh's GDP growth and national income figures.

It says the high growth shown in official figures over several fiscal years of the ousted Awami League government's past 15 years does not match indicators of real economic activity.

The seven-member panel analysed national accounts and industrial output data of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), questioning manufacturing growth and the industrial production index in particular.

Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) Director General AK Enamul Haque, a committee member, presented the draft on Saturday at a seminar in Agargaon.

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