Bangladesh's GDP growth slows to 2.22pc in Q3 FY26 as industry, services sector squeezed

Bangladesh, July 21 -- Bangladesh's gross domestic product (GDP) growth slowed to 2.22 per cent in the third quarter (Q3) January-March of the financial year 0f 2025-26, down from 4.53 per cent in the corresponding quarter of the then previous fiscal year, according to provisional data published by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) on Monday.Bangladesh Business Analysis

The latest quarterly Gross Domestic Product (QGDP) estimates show that GDP at current prices stood at Tk 15,391 billion in the January-March quarter, up from Tk 14,192 billion in the same period of FY25.

According to the provisional estimates, the economy grew by 4.96 percent in the first quarter and 3.03 percent in the second quarter of FY26 before slowing further...