Dhaka, June 22 -- Noted economist and Executive Chairman of Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC) Hossain Zillur Rahman on Sunday said the interim government has five major economic challenges to face in the coming days.

These challenges are-turning education as a tool to create human resources, remove investment stagnation, youth employment, address poverty and equity and address corruption, he said.

He said that without addressing these issues the country might not advance with desired speed.

He also said that speed to address these issues is another critical challenge for the government.

"We are moving ahead, no one is complaining about it, but the main issue is how fast we are moving ahead, speed is the matter here," he s...