Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN) - Bangladesh’s economy rebounded in the first quarter of the current fiscal year (FY26), driven by stronger agricultural and industrial production.
Gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 4.50 per cent in the July–September period of FY26, up sharply from 2.51 per cent in the same quarter a year earlier, according to provisional estimates released by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) on Tuesday.
The growth rate is also nearly double the 2.47 per cent recorded in the final quarter (Q4) of FY25.
The industrial sector led the recovery, posting 6.97 per cent growth in Q1 FY26—almost twice the 3.59 per cent expansion seen in the corresponding period last year, when output was disrupted by mass uprisings and labour unrest.
Agriculture, the country’s largest job-absorbing sector, also staged a turnaround, growing by 2.30 per cent in the first quarter of the current fiscal year, compared with a contraction of 0.60 per cent in the same period of FY25.
The services sector recorded 3.67 per cent growth, up from 2.96 per cent a year earlier.
Overall, the provisional BBS estimates indicate a broad-based recovery, although performance varied across different sectors and subsectors of the economy.
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