Bangladesh expects 1.5 bln USD in budget support from four global lenders

DHAKA, April 1 (Xinhua) -- The Bangladeshi government has turned to its development partners for over 1.5 billion U.S. dollars in budget support for the current fiscal year to ease pressure on the foreign exchange reserve as external loan repayment soars on interest rate hikes.

Officials from the Finance Division and the Economic Relations Division (ERD) said in response to the government's request, three develo