Private sector credit growth fell to 4.72 percent -- a record low -- in March, marking another month of slowdown.

Sluggish investment demand stalls private credit growth in Bangladesh

Private sector credit growth has slowed in recent months with banks and borrowers adopting a go-slow strategy amidst economic stress and growing apprehensions of a political crisis centring the upcoming parliamentary elections in January.

While the government is distracted by elections, the financial economy will suffer