Dhaka, April 23 -- Bangladesh's debt payment in the first nine months of the current financial year of 2023-24 stood at $2.5 billion, witnessing a record escalation of 48.6 per cent year-on-year compared to the same period of the previous of FY23.

Of the payment from July to February of the current FY24, around $1.5 billion has been paid as principal amount and the rest $1.05 billion as interest, as per the latest data from Economic Relations Department (ERD).

The ERD update also showed that the overall commitment from foreign lenders grew by 135 percent year on year to $7.2 billion in the July-March period of FY24.

However, disbursement only increased by 5 percent year on year to $5.6 billion in the nine months leading up to the end o...