Dhaka, April 6 -- Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has told parliament that the government has set a target to expand the size of Bangladesh's economy to $1 trillion within the next eight years.

Responding to a query from Dhaka-18 MP SM Jahangir Hossain during the question-and-answer session on Monday, the minister said achieving a trillion-dollar economy by 2034 is a primary goal of the current administration.

The government has designed a comprehensive action plan focusing on investment, employment, economic democratisation, and emerging sectors such as the "creative economy" and "sports economy", the minister added.

"The government is simultaneously prioritising employment, investment, production, exports, remittances, ...