Dhaka, Jan. 31 -- Umpteen economic units and businesses, especially CMSMEs, across Bangladesh struggle to run for massive capital shortfalls as one-third of them have no access to easy loans, according to official statistics.

Some 34.41 per cent of the economic units across the country cannot access easy loan from any commercial banks and financial institutions, the Bangladesh Economic Census 2024 shows.

A total of 85.84 per cent of economic units or businesses suffer capital shortfall for expanding their business and economic activities, says the census report presented by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).

Meanwhile, in a truncated growth, Bangladesh's economic units have expanded tremendously over the last 11 years mostly in ser...