Dhaka, Oct. 7 -- Bangladesh has started the 2026-27 fiscal year with a substantial trade deficit following the trend of the previous financial year.

In the first two months of the current fiscal year (July-August), the overall goods trade deficit stood at $3.82 billion, up 29 percent from the same period last year.

Analysts attribute this widening gap primarily to an unusual surge in fuel oil import expenditure.

In the July-August period of the 2025-26 fiscal year, the trade deficit stood at $2.96 billion.

Three months have elapsed since the start of the 2026-27 financial year on Jul 1.

Bangladesh Bank released the balance of payments (BoP) data for the first two months of the fiscal year on Tuesday.

The figures show that Bangladesh...