Titumir calls for UN-led debt relief mechanism to safeguard investment in children, women
Finance Adviser Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir met UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban at UNICEF House, New York. Photo : UNICEF
DHAKA, July 17, 2026 (BSS) – Prime Minister’s Finance and Planning Adviser Dr Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir has called on the United Nations system to establish an international mechanism for debt restructuring, debt relief, debt suspension and sustainable debt solutions to help developing countries address mounting fiscal pressures arising from the Middle East crisis and other global shocks.
He said such measures are essential to enable developing countries to sustain investment in children, women,…