Dhaka, April 10 -- Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has presented comparisons between Bangladesh's economy in the last year of the BNP-Jamaat-e-Islami coalition government led by Khaleda Zia two decades ago with the economy in the last year of the Sheikh Hasina government.

He said that although the size of the economy has increased over the past decade and a half, several structural weaknesses have gradually become apparent.

The finance minister also spoke about the tenure of the interim government in some cases. He made a statement on this issue under Rule 300 in the parliament session chaired by Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad on Friday morning.

According to this rule, a minister can make a statement on important issues in the...