Bangladesh, July 12 -- An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team will engage in weeklong parleys with finance officials from tomorrow to assess Bangladesh's macroeconomic situation and discuss new financing packages, officials say.

The IMF Mission Chief for Bangladesh, Ivo Krznar, will lead the 11-memebr delegation which will stay in Dhaka until July 17 discussing with Bangladeshi authorities their reform agenda and policy priorities.

On the first day, officials from the Finance Division and the central bank will make presentation on policy plans, preparation process and necessary elements for a possible second Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF) and hold discussion on key possible programme parameters under the RSF.

The IMF m...