Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali has urged South Asian countries to cultivate greater trust and confidence among themselves to harness their additional capacities in hydro, solar, and other non-fossil fuel sources while addressing the region's escalating energy demands sustainably. "Building greater trust and confidence among countries could be key to leverage enormous
The government has requested the World Bank to increase the amount of budget support by $250 million to $750 million to deal with the current economic challenges and the reserve crisis. Sources at the finance ministry said Bangladesh made the proposal during bilateral talks on the sidelines of the spring meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in