Bangladesh, July 1 -- Seeking to contain inflation while safeguarding external sector stability, Bangladesh Bank (BB) has kept its policy repo rate unchanged at 10 per cent, maintaining a cautious monetary policy stance for the July-December period of FY2026-27 amid persistent domestic and global economic challenges.

Under the latest Monetary Policy Statement (MPS), the policy repo rate remains at 10 per cent, while the Standing Lending Facility (SLF) and Standing Deposit Facility (SDF) rates have been retained at 11.5 per cent and 7.5 per cent, respectively.

The central bank identified sluggish GDP growth, elevated inflation, limited fiscal space and financial sector stress as the key near-term macroeconomic challenges facing the econ...