Dhaka, Dec. 5 -- BNP Standing Committee member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has said if elected, a BNP government will introduce a new economic and financing model to create 10 million jobs within 18 months, reducing dependence on lenders such as the World Bank and the IMF.

Speaking at a National Youth Policy Dialogue on Friday, he said the party has already completed "detailed homework" on how to finance its plans.

"Our economic model will change, and our financing model will also change. We will not be running after the IMF for four billion dollars, I can assure you," he said.

Bangladesh signed a $4.7 billion loan programme with the IMF in 2022 to tackle its financial crisis, later revised to $5.5 billion. The IMF has so far released...