Bangladesh鈥檚 economy grew by 4.86 per cent during the January to March quarter of the fiscal year 2025, buoyed by a rebound in industry and services.
Industrial output rose by 6.91 per cent during the three-month period of FY25, up from 4.55 per cent during the same period of the previous FY24, according to latest provisional data released by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
The services sector, which makes up over half of the economy, grew by 5.88 per cent in the 3rd quarter of FY25, compared with 4.31 per cent in the same quarter of the previous year.
The agriculture sector, however, saw a slow growth as it stood at 2.42 per cent during this January-March period of FY25, down from the previous year鈥檚 figure for the same quarter.
According to provisional estimates, growth in the first and second quarters of the past fiscal year 2025 was 1.96 per cent and 4.48 respectively, while in the previous FY24 it was 5.87 per cent and 4.47 per cent.
