Dhaka, Jan. 28 -- Non-agricultural economic units like business establishments numbered 11.88 million in 2024 with a 51.91-percent growth in last 11 years from 7.82 million in 2013 as per official count, but economists see deviation from economic-expansion trajectory.

They point out growth path of developed economies -- a transition from agriculture to manufacturing to services sector.

However, less than 0.14 million, only 3.42 per cent of 4.06 million new units, have been established to operate business in the manufacturing sector, while the remaining 96.58 per cent in the services sector, reveals the preliminary report on the Economic Census done by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).

The census outcome is scheduled to be publishe...