Private sector short-term foreign loans dropped below $10 billion in January for the first time in four years as businesses prioritised repaying existing loans over securing new ones, amid ongoing political unrest in the country...
The megaprojects implemented mostly with foreign loans by the now ousted Awami League regime have left the nation with concerns over the debt trap amid the questionable expected returns...
The disbursement of foreign loans in the first four month of the current financial year dropped by 26 per cent due mainly to the regime change in the country, economists said...
The amount of private sector short-term foreign loans dropped to $10.72 billion in September, hitting its lowest in three years and six months amid slow business and increased repayments...
The foreign exchange reserves in Bangladesh, according to the International Monetary Fund guidelines, increased to nearly $22 billion on June 27 from $18.64 billion in May...
THE national budget for the 2025 financial year, which the finance minister proposed in the parliament on June 6, is high-deficit, with an aim to make up for the shortfall with resources coming from domestic borrowing, 20.2 per cent of the total outlay of Tk 7,970 billion, and foreign loans, 11.4 per cent, along with expected foreign grants of 0.5 per cent...
Private sector short-term foreign loans decreased slightly in March as businesses focused on repaying existing loans rather than taking new ones...