IMF Freezes Loan: No Confidence in Yunus-Led Unelected Government
The IMF has frozen further disbursement of its $5.5 billion loan to Bangladesh, citing the lack of a democratically elected government under Muhammad Yunus. Economic instability and mistrust grow as international donors step back.
IMF Lowers Bangladesh’s GDP Growth Forecast Again
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has once again downgraded its forecast for Bangladesh’s economic growth. In its latest World Economic Outlook report published Tuesday (October 14), the organization said that Bangladesh’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth for the fiscal year 2025–26 will be 4.9 percent — lower than its prior projections.