Dhaka, Bangladesh, Dec. 9 -- The government has started availing overdraft (OD) drawing facility from the central bank to meet its day-to-day expenditures.

The government's account deficit stood at BDT 67 billion as on December 04 that was mitigated by using ways and means advances (WMAs) and OD facility from the central bank, officials said.

Under the existing rules, the government is empowered to borrow up to a maximum amount of BDT 60 billion from the BB using WMAs facility without issuing any securities.

The government has also already availed BDT 7.0 billion as OD facility from the Bangladesh Bank (BB) recently on the same ground.

The limit of OD drawing from the central bank has already been re-fixed at BDT 60 billion from BDT 4...