Dhaka, Feb. 18 -- The fourth and fifth instalments of Bangladesh's $4.7 billion loan package from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which have been delayed due to unmet conditions, could be disbursed together in June, according to Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed.
The IMF executive board was originally scheduled to discuss the release of the fourth instalment, amounting to $645 million, on 5 February, but the discussion has been postponed to 12 March.
"We will wait. Possibly, a review of both instalments will be conducted together," Ahmed told reporters following a session at the District Commissioner (DC) conference in Dhaka on Monday.
He stated that the government will not comply with all of the IMF's conditions, even if the lende...