Dhaka, March 24 -- Bangladesh will discuss additional financing with the International Monetary Fund to help cope with the risk of a fuel shock stemming from the Iran war, Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has said.

He said detailed talks on how much funding could be available, and under what conditions, would take place at the IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington in April.

The minister was speaking to reporters on Tuesday after a meeting with Krishna Srinivasan, director of the IMF's Asia and Pacific Department, at the Secretariat.

Earlier in the day, Srinivasan paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Tarique Rahman.

Asked how the government planned to secure extra funds for fuel imports, Khosru said the issue had ...