Interim govt took Tk 730b loans

The interim government's reliance on the banking sector surged significantly to meet development-project costs and other expenditures, with borrowing from internal banks reaching over Tk 73,000 crore in the first seven months of the current fiscal year, FY2025-26, reports UNB.

According to a report from Bangladesh Bank, 81 percent of the government's total domestic and foreign loans between July and January were sourced from the internal banking system. The total net borrowing from both local and international sources stood at approximately Tk 90,000 crore during this period.