Dhaka, May 10 -- Despite foreign investment increasing in Bangladesh in the last calendar year, it has decreased in the ongoing fiscal year, according to official data.

The Bangladesh Bank estimate released on May 5 shows that net foreign direct investment (FDI) of $1.77 billion came into the country last year. The amount stood at $1.27 billion in 2024.

This means the net FDI increased by slightly more than $500 million in one year, marking a 36.36 percent surge.

On May 6, the central bank released the current account balance (balance of payments or BoP) data for the nine months until March of the 2025-26 fiscal year, when the net FDI totalled $1 billion.

Over the same period in the last fiscal year, the country received $1.31 billion...