(Bloomberg) — Bangladesh’s new central bank governor said the country is seeking an additional $3 billion from the International Monetary Fund as it looks to recover from recent political turmoil, and is buying dollars from local banks to meet unpaid debt.
The South Asian country has begun talks with the Washington-based IMF for the additional loan, central bank Governor Ahsan H. Mansur said in an interview in the capital Dhaka. Bangladesh secured $4.7 billion in funding from the IMF last year.
The country is only just emerging from weeks of upheaval following deadly protests that forced the ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina earlier this month. Bangladesh is also in talks with the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank and the…
