Dhaka, April 29 -- National Board of Revenue (NBR) Chairman Md Abdur Rahman on Tuesday expressed hope about resolving issues with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), paving the way for the release of the third and fourth tranches of the $4.7 billion loan programme.

"They (IMF) are pressing us to open the exchange rate, in lieu we are placing various types of formulas, the discussion is on, we are hoping to get a good result," he said.

The NBR chairman made the remarks while addressing a seminar titled Macroeconomic Partnership and Fiscal Measures at the Economic Reporters' Forum (ERF) auditorium.

He said the recent engagements with the IMF were positive and the lending agency provided several recommendations.

"We accept many of tho...