Bangladesh Bank has said it will announce the monetary policy for the new year on Monday. Bangladesh Bank announces its monetary policy every six months. The central bank has been following a contractionary monetary policy since late 2024. In the previous policy statement, the policy interest rate was kept at 10 percent. Bangladesh Bank started raising the policy interest rate from late 2022 to curb price pressures.

Source: bd News24 February 08, 2026 10:46 UTC