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BANGLA EPAPER 📍 Dhaka 📅 Thursday | 16 July 2026, 1 Srabon 1433

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Debt

Govt Aims to Reduce Debt Dependence, Boost Investment: Khasru

Business Correspondent

Finance Minister Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury has stressed the need to build an investment-driven economy

Debt payments surpass foreign loan inflows

Disbursements fell 32.4pc from $3.938b last year, repayments rose 10pc from $2.418b

Business Correspondent

Debt payments surpass foreign loan inflows

Bangladesh's foreign debt flow has seen a significant shift in the first seven months of

Debt burden deepens as foreign loans surge

Mizanur Rahman

Bangladesh is facing growing concerns over a potential foreign debt trap, as the government's total

Debt spiral poses threat to microcredit's role in poverty alleviation: Experts

Research initiative needed to tackle the debt spiral

Business Correspondent

Debt spiral poses threat to microcredit's role in poverty alleviation: Experts

Concerns over overlapping loans and rising debt burdens are increasingly overshadowing the achievements of microcredit

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