{"id":689461,"date":"2026-01-11T18:54:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T18:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/689461\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T18:54:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T18:54:20","slug":"fdi-surges-over-200-in-q3-despite-global-uncertainty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/689461\/","title":{"rendered":"FDI surges over 200% in Q3 despite global uncertainty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rtejustify\"><strong>Bangladesh saw a robust rise in net Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) during the third quarter of 2025, reflecting growing investor confidence despite global economic uncertainties.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">According to Bangladesh Bank data, net FDI inflow for July\u2013September reached $315.09 million, marking a 202% year-on-year increase from $104.33 million in the same period of 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">Cumulative net FDI for January\u2013September 2025 stood at $1.41 billion, up 80% from $780 million during the corresponding period of the previous year.<\/p>\n<p>        <a style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #2b4949; border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc; font-size: 18px;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMIivlQsw2ZKrAw?ceid=US:en&amp;oc=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tbsnews.net\/sites\/all\/themes\/sloth\/images\/google_news.svg\" alt=\"The Business Standard Google News\" style=\"display: inline-block; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px; height: 30px;\"\/><br \/>\n            Keep updated, follow The Business Standard&#8217;s Google news channel<br \/>\n          <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">All major components of FDI showed significant improvement in Q3.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">Equity investment rose to $101.12 million from $76.79 million a year earlier, while reinvested earnings jumped nearly threefold to $211.47 million from $72.90 million. Intra-company loans also reversed course, moving from a negative $45.36 million to a positive $2.49 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">The strong Q3 performance built on a solid H1 showing, when net FDI in April\u2013June reached $303.27 million, up 11.4% from $272.22 million in the same quarter of 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">Overall, net FDI in the first half of 2025 rose more than 61% compared to H1 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">Ashik Chowdhury, executive chairman of Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (Bida), said, &#8220;Bida&#8217;s core focus is improving the business climate and building a credible investment pipeline. It is encouraging to see these pipelines convert into actual inflows.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">&#8220;While Q4 may see some moderation ahead of elections, we expect a rebound afterward, supported by a strong investment pipeline.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">He added that Bida&#8217;s dedicated investment pipeline for 2025 has already exceeded $1.5 billion, in addition to traditional registered proposals, signaling continued optimism among investors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bangladesh saw a robust rise in net Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) during the third quarter of 2025, reflecting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":689462,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3090],"tags":[208251,24950,24949,208253,51,208245,109991,11096,1700,208246,208252,208244,3785,208250,12620,208248,8615,22881,208247,208249,208243,32032,170929,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-689461","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-bangladesh-breaking-news","9":"tag-bangladesh-news","10":"tag-bangladeshi-newspapers","11":"tag-bd-news","12":"tag-business","13":"tag-business-news-bangladesh","14":"tag-climate-news","15":"tag-cricket-news","16":"tag-economy","17":"tag-economy-news-bangladesh","18":"tag-english-daily-newspaper","19":"tag-english-newspaper-bangladesh","20":"tag-entertainment-news","21":"tag-explainer-journalism","22":"tag-financial-news","23":"tag-global-south-news","24":"tag-international-news","25":"tag-lifestyle-news","26":"tag-politics-news-bangladesh","27":"tag-sports-news-bangladesh","28":"tag-tbs-news","29":"tag-tech-news","30":"tag-the-business-standard","31":"tag-uk","32":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=689461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/689462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=689461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=689461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=689461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}