Dhaka, Aug. 8 -- Squeezing cash incentives anymore is unlikely before Bangladesh's graduation from the world poor-country club as the government prioritises propping up trade and industry to navigate global trade uncertainties, officials say.

To support trade against adverse affect of tariff wars and "hostile attitude" of the neighbouring partners, they add, the current interim government for the first six months of the current fiscal year kept cash incentives same as the amount revised in January 2024.

Finance Secretary Dr Md Khairuzzaman Mozumder at a recent meeting said the government had taken steps to phase out cash incentives in four stages so that businesses do not have to bear the brunt at once when graduation is completed in No...