Gross domestic product (GDP) at current prices reached Tk 14.20 trillion at the end of March, up from Tk 12.67 trillion during the same period last year. The growth was 4.62 per cent in Q3 FY24.
In Q1 and Q2 FY25, GDP growth stood at 1.96 per cent and 4.48 per cent respectively, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) data show.
By contrast, the first two quarters of the previous fiscal recorded higher growth at 5.87 per cent and 4.47 per cent respectively.
Between July and March in FY25, average growth was 3.81 percentage points lower than the same duration of the previous fiscal.
At 6.91 per cent, the industry posted the strongest growth in Q3 FY25, significantly higher than 4.55 per cent during the same quarter in the preceding fiscal, according to domestic media reports.
The agriculture sector, however, lagged; it grew by only 2.42 over the July-March period.
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