Bangladesh and the International Monetary Fund are locked in new disagreements over the country’s economic programme, with tensions centring on social spending, revenue mobilisation, exchange rate policy, and the pace of financial sector reforms.

The statement described as “completely false” media reports claiming that the IMF withheld the loan due to Bangladesh’s failure to implement reforms

Bangladesh will seek an additional $2 billion from multilateral partners, including the International Monetary Fund (IMF), to manage pressure on external payments amid increased emergency energy purchases caused by the US-Israel war on Iran, said the central bank governor today

Bangladesh could receive a $1.3 billion tranche from its loan programme with the International Monetary Fund by June if the new government moves ahead with reforms to make the dollar exchange rate more market-based, strengthen revenue collection, reduce subsidies, and address weaknesses in the banking sector.

The sixth instalment of International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) loan programme of $4.7 billion may not arrive by the end of the year, as the donor agency wants to work with the new political government for smooth continuation of reform programmes.

An IMF mission is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on October 29 for a two-week review of progress made until June.

The executive board of the International Monetary Fund yesterday approved the fourth and fifth instalments of its loan for Bangladesh, a top-up of the original $4.7 billion credit by about $800 million with a six-month extension.

Funds include $1.3 billion from IMF

These talks follow discussions held during the 2025 IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington late April

The government has yet to reach a consensus with the International Monetary Fund on adopting a market-based exchange rate -- the only remaining condition for releasing the fourth and fifth instalments of the $4.7 billion loan.

The government and the International Monetary Fund are set to meet again today for another round of negotiations over the release of the fourth and fifth tranches of a $4.7 billion loan programme.

It is worth looking beyond the immediate economic cost of the IMF loan

Led by Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed, the Bangladesh delegation held a series of meetings with IMF representatives in Washington.

The International Monetary Fund has no major disagreement with Bangladesh over reforms to the National Board of Revenue, one of the conditions set by the lender for the fourth and fifth instalments of the $4.7 billion loan.

IMF left Bangladesh without any decision on the release of next tranches of a loan.

The global lender said such an agreement would pave the way for completing the combined third and fourth reviews

The visiting mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is prioritising four conditions for releasing two instalments of an ongoing $4.7 billion loan programme, according to Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed.

“If the IMF does not release the funds, we will have to boost revenue,” he added

The International Monetary Fund has deferred the release of the fourth tranche of the $4.7 billion loan to June instead of March as Bangladesh could not meet some prior conditions.

Two years after Bangladesh turned to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a $4.7 billion bailout to address its worsening macroeconomic pressures, the nation stands at a crossroads.