Dhaka, April 23 -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reaffirmed Bangladesh's economic growth forecast at 3.8 per cent for the fiscal year 2024-2025 (FY25), unchanged from its December 2024 projection.

However, the global lender anticipates a stronger recovery in the following year, projecting a 6.5 per cent growth rate for FY2025-2026 (FY26).

The figures were released in the IMF's latest edition of the World Economic Outlook, published on 22 April.

Despite the projected rebound in FY26, the IMF expects inflation to remain elevated in the current fiscal year, reaching 10 per cent, before declining to 5.2 per cent in the subsequent year.

Notably, this year's inflation projection is a slight improvement from the Fund's earlier es...