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The dominant development of the week was the release of provisional national accounts data by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) on Monday, July 20, 2026, confirming a sharp and sequential deceleration of GDP growth through the outgoing fiscal year.
2026-W29The dominant development of the week was the intensification of negotiations between the Bangladesh government and the International Monetary Fund.
2026-W28Bangladesh enters the 2026 to 2027 fiscal year with a pronounced divergence between official growth ambitions and independent assessments.
2026-W27The week spanning 2026-06-29 to 2026-07-05 consolidated two major policy developments for Bangladesh.
2026-W26Bangladesh enters fiscal year 2026-27 with the largest national budget in its history, Tk 9.38 trillion (approximately US$ 85 billion), tabled on June 11, 2026 by Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury.
2026-W25The week's dominant development was the placement of the FY27 national budget before the Jatiya Sangsad on June 11, 2026, by Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury.
2026-W24The week opened with confirmation that Bangladesh's national point-to-point inflation rate reached 9.42 percent in May 2026, rising from 9.04 percent in April 2026.
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A fortnightly read across the policy agenda, drawn from the daily briefs.
Bangladesh's economy is undergoing a sequential and broad-based deceleration that has fundamentally altered the policy landscape.
2026-W27The period from 2026-06-29 to 2026-07-12 was anchored by the passage of the FY2026-27 national budget.
2026-W25Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury presented the national budget for FY2026-27 on June 11, 2026, with a total outlay of Tk 9.38 trillion.
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A monthly deep dive into one structural question facing Bangladesh.
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A full-quarter review across the sectors of the Bangladesh economy.
Water supply, sewerage, and drainage infrastructure in Bangladesh remains a largely publicly financed undertaking, built through annual development programme allocations, concessional donor lines, and multilateral project finance rather than through independently profitable utility balance sheets.
2026-Q2Bangladesh's merchandise trade position, as captured in the most recently reconciled Bangladesh Bank data for fiscal year 2023-24, continues to be defined by a structural deficit in goods trade.
2026-Q2This review covers the tourism sector's operating environment for the second quarter of 2026.
2026-Q2The small and medium enterprise segment of the Bangladesh economy is operating this quarter against a growth and price environment that has become harder to read cleanly.
2026-Q2The ready-made garments (RMG) sector continues to define Bangladesh's export trajectory.
2026-Q2Bangladesh's remittance sector continues to occupy a central position in the external account framework, with formal inflows reaching USD 23.91 billion in FY2023-24, according to Bangladesh Bank data.
2026-Q2Bangladesh's public finances continue to be defined by a narrow revenue base, a fiscal deficit that must be financed largely through borrowing, and a debt stock that, while still moderate by international standards, is compounded by a sizable external component.
2026-Q2Bangladesh's pharmaceuticals sector operates within a constrained macroeconomic environment that shapes both input costs and demand dynamics.
2026-Q2The manufacturing sector outside ready-made garments operates within a macroeconomic environment that remains under measurable stress.
2026-Q2Bangladesh's labour force stood at 73.75 million as of the first quarter of 2024, per the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics Labour Force Survey (BBS LFS Q1 2024).
2026-Q2The electricity subsector enters the second quarter of the calendar year with an installed electricity generation capacity of 28.919 gigawatts, as reported by the Bangladesh Power Development Board in its May 2026 assessment.
2026-Q2The information and communication technology sector of Bangladesh enters the second quarter of 2026 resting on a mature connectivity footprint.
2026-Q2Bangladesh's health system enters this quarter carrying a familiar and largely unresolved structural imbalance: public financing remains thin relative to the size of the economy, households absorb most of the cost of care directly at the point of service, and the supply of trained physicians lags th
2026-Q2Bangladesh enters the second quarter of 2026 with its governance and anti-corruption position defined, above all, by a single stubborn number: a Corruption Perceptions Index score of 23.0, placing the country 151st out of 180 nations ranked by Transparency International in the 2024 edition.
2026-Q2Bangladesh's power sector enters the second quarter of 2026 with an installed electricity generation capacity of 28.919 GW, as recorded by the Bangladesh Power Development Board in May 2026.
2026-Q2The most stable fact in Bangladesh's education system remains access at the primary level.
2026-Q2Bangladesh's power system remains overwhelmingly dependent on non-renewable generation.
2026-Q2Listed-company earnings expectations rest on an official growth signal that is currently contested.
2026-Q2The defining fact of this quarter is the non-performing loan ratio of 35.73 percent, reported following Bangladesh Bank's Basel III reclassification of the banking sector's asset base in late 2025.
2026-Q2The agriculture and food sector enters 2026-Q2 in a structurally vulnerable position, shaped by persistent inflationary pressure, constrained fiscal space, and a financial system under considerable stress.
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A half-year outlook on the macro economy, reforms, and external risks.