Bangladesh paid $1.98 billion in principal and interest in Jul-Dec of 2024, up from $1.57 billion in the same period the previous year

Following the fall of the Awami League government, efforts are underway to explore ways to bring back the stolen wealth.

It hit $99.30 billion in March, down from $100.64 billion in December last year

In July-April of 2023-24, the government paid $2.81 billion as principal and interests, which was $1.95 billion in the same period of the previous year, according to the data released yesterday by the Economic Relations Division (ERD).

The private sector’s foreign debt decreased by 4.3 per cent, or more than $1 billion, in the second quarter of the current fiscal year following Bangladesh Bank’s strict measures to control imports.