The contribution of road and shipping sectors to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is 8.0% or BDT 1 lac 87 thousand 500 crore. Separately, the contribution of the road transport sector is BDT 1 lac 73 thousand 400 crore, and the contribution of the shipping sector is BDT 14 thousand 100 crore.
On 15 February, at the auditorium of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), there was an inauguration programme for a survey report conducted in 2019 on private, commercial mechanised and non-mechanised road and water transports.The survey was conducted by BBS under the ‘Modernisation of National Accounts Statistics’ project. The project director Tofayel Ahmed presented the survey at the event.
Secretary of Statistics and Information Management Department Mohammad Yamin Chowdhury was the chief guest at the programme, and the special guest was the Chairman of Bangladesh Road Transport Nur Mohammad Majumder. BBS Director General Tajul Islam presided over the function.
