Bangladesh, Aug. 10 -- Bangladesh posted a record balance-of-payments surplus worth US$6.6 billion in the past fiscal year as stronger financial-account inflows helped outdo a gap left by widening current-account deficit.

Advertisement The overall balance surplus was nearly 95-percent higher than the previous fiscal year's level, according to the latest balance-of- payments data from the central bank.

The current-account deficit widened to $1.59 billion in the FY2025-26 from just $138 million a year earlier.

Economists attribute the overall surplus largely to a sharp increase in the financial account, which rose to $7.89 billion during the year.

The financial account was supported mainly by the "other investment" category, which incl...