Bangladesh rank slips on WEF's global competitiveness index to 105th place

Fahmida Khatun (2nd R), Executive Director of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), speaks during a press briefing in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Oct. 9, 2019. Bangladesh has slipped two positions to rank 105th out of 141 surveyed economies in the 2019 annual global competitiveness. A leading Bangladeshi think-tank, the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), unveiled a report on behalf of the Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF) at the press briefing in Dhaka on Wednesday. (Str/Xinhua)