Dhaka, March 16 -- Fahmida Khatun, Executive Director of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), has warned that Bangladesh will face increased costs for foreign loans following its graduation from the Least Developed Country (LDC) category.

She made these remarks while speaking as the chief guest at a shadow parliamentary debate competition on the challenges of LDC graduation, organised by Debate for Democracy at the Bangladesh Film Development Corporation today (15 March).

"At present, we benefit from grace periods and low-interest loans from various international institutions.

After graduation, these grace periods will be shortened, and we will face competitive interest rates, which will increase borrowing costs.

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