DHAKA:   Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said World Bank will increase its aid to all types of development, including project loans, for Bangladesh in future.

AHM Mustafa Kamal said, “We’re now having a good time with WB, though we had a tough time with the organization for a time earlier. But, things have changed. The WB team, which is working in Dhaka, understands demands of the country well.”

The finance minister made the remarks to reporters after having a meeting with representatives of World Bank at ministry’s office in city’s Sher-E-Bangla Nagar on Thursday (January 31).

Bangladesh has fulfilled the criteria to take loans. Therefore, everyone wants to give loans, the minister added.

BDST: 2019 HRS, JAN 31, 2019

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