Dhaka, Feb. 28 -- The country's economy is passing through a critical juncture, struggling with both long-standing structural problems and emerging issues, Maria Howlader FCA, president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB), has said.

"Though exports and remittances have shown improvements in recent times, the continuing macroeconomic instability, high inflation, financial mismanagement, rampant corruption in the last 15 years, and the overall prevailing political uncertainty are deterring the prospects for growth and recovery," said Ms Howlader, also the managing partner and founder of Howlader Maria & Co, Chartered Accountants, in an exclusive interview with The Financial Express.

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