GDP growth would be higher than govt's estimate, not only World Bank's projection: Kamal Star Business Report Star Business Report Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today said the GDP growth of the country would be higher than the government's estimate, not only the World Bank's projection. The minister said this a day after the World Bank projected that the GDP growth of Bangladesh would be 5.1 per cent in 2021-22 fiscal, which is lower than the government's target of 7.2 per cent. "Amid the recent pace of the economy, we will be on top of the rest of South Asia and Southeast Asia in terms of GDP growth," Kamal told reporters after a meeting of the Public Procurement Committee.