Kamal Urges WB to Give Project Loans under Budget Support

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today called upon the World Bank to extend loans against projects under budget support to ensure speedy implementation of development schemes.

Kamal made the request in a meeting between the Bangladesh delegation and the World Bank delegation held today at a city hotel.

The Finance Minister led the Bangladesh delegation while World Bank Vice President for South Asian region Hartwig Schafer led the World Bank delegation.

National Board of Revenue (NBR) Chairman Abu Hena Md Rahmatul Muneem, Finance Division Senior Secretary Abdur Rouf Talukder, Financial Institutions Division Secretary Sheikh Mohammad Salim Ullah and Economic Relations Division (ERD) Secretary Fatima Yasmin attended the meeting as members of the Bangladesh delegation.

World Bank country director for Bangladesh Mercy Tembon also attended the meeting on behalf of the World Bank delegation, said a press release.