প্রকাশ: 07/04/2022
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said that Bangladesh
is in the safe zone in terms of receiving the foreign loans.
He made the remarks while briefing reporters after the two
consecutive meetings of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) and
Cabinet Committee on Public Purchase (CCPP) on Thursday.
Defending his remarks, he said Bangladesh’s debt-GDP ratio
is 34 percent which is lowest in the world.
Our foreign exchange reserves are much higher than
requirement, remittance is increasing, export is growing, and inflation is
under control. We’re in the safe zone”, he said.
Kamal said the whole world is appreciating Bangladesh for
its economic performances.
He said the countries having debt higher than their GDP
(gross domestic products) are currently in danger. “But we are not at that
level. Rather, our debt is much lower than GDP,” he asserted.
Responding to another question, the finance minister said the
toll rates of the Padma Bridge have not been fixed yet. But a joint venture of
South Korea and China has been awarded a contract to collect the tolls from the
Padma Bridge project.
“We didn’t do any detailed work on it. But we have a plan to
make some profits by collecting revenue from the Padma Bridge project in order
to implement more similar projects”, he said.
He said both the government and the users of the Padma
Bridge will benefit from the project.
“We hope we could collect more revenue than the requirements
to meet its expenditures”, he added.
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