Dhaka, April 19 -- Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has said not all of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) conditions attached to Bangladesh's current loan programme may be acceptable to the "elected" BNP government, drawing a contrast with the Awami League administration that negotiated the deal.

Speaking to reporters on Sunday after returning from the IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington, he said the current administration will decide whether to enter any further programme with the IMF once the current one ends and what conditions it would accept in line with the public interest.

Asked whether Bangladesh would receive the next tranche of IMF funds by June or July, Khosru said the issue was bigger than timing. ...