Bangladesh, March 25 -- An International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation led by Krishna Srinivasan met Prime Minister Tarique Rahman in Dhaka on Tuesday as efforts resumed to revive the stalled $5.5 billion loan programme, with growing urgency driven by global economic uncertainty and escalating tensions in the Middle East following the
US-Israel attacks on Iran.
Srinivasan, Director of the IMF's Asia and Pacific Department, is on a two-day visit aimed at advancing negotiations that have remained stalled since November last year.
The courtesy call on the Prime Minister was held at the Secretariat, with Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury also present.
The discussions focused on Bangladesh's reform agenda and the mounting economi...