Dhaka, Jan. 30 -- Foreign-aid inflow has been on a slide as Bangladesh received 10-percent lower assistance in the first half (H1) of the current fiscal year, officials said, when it is needed to recharge reserves.

Aid commitment more than halved while release also dropped deeply during the first six months of the fiscal year (FY) 2022-23, official statistics show.

Governmental austerity measure and tight monetary policy induced by global economic crisis affected the foreign-assistance flow both from within and without. As such, the country received US$396 million less funds in the July-December period, they said Sunday.

At the same time, the amount of aid commitment during FY23H1 compared to the same period of last FY2022 showed yet l...