Bangladesh, Sept. 17 -- Bangladesh's economic progress must be judged by its impact on people's lives, speakers said at the Syed Humayun Kabir Memorial Research Symposium 2026, calling for evidence-based policy, stronger public institutions and greater attention to inequality.

Advertisement Delivering the keynote address virtually, internationally acclaimed economist Professor Kaushik Basu said Bangladesh could take a leading role among emerging economies by strengthening fairness, justice, the rule of law and democratic institutions.

"GDP is not the only indicator; the real question is how progress translates into wellbeing," said Professor Basu, a professor of economics at Cornell University and former Chief Economist of the World Ba...