Korea to provide $100m loan to Bangladesh

A loan agreement has been signed between Bangladesh and Korea under which the Korean EXIM Bank would provide $100 million to Bangladesh as budget support.

The budget support will be provided against the "Program Loan for Sustainable Economic Recovery Program (Subprogram1)" to mitigate the adverse impact of COVID-19 pandemic. 

Md Shahriar Kader Siddiky, Wing Chief and Additional Secretary of the Economic Relations Division (ERD) and Kim Tae-soo, Executive Director of Korea Exim Bank signed the agreement on behalf of the government of Bangladesh and the government of the Republic of Korea respectively, said an ERD press release on Tuesday.

Since 1993, the Korean Exim Bank, on behalf of the Korean government, has been providing soft loan to various priority development sector projects in Bangladesh. Under this loan agreement, the Korea Exim Bank will provide $100.00 million to implement the project. 

The loan will bear simple interest rate of 0.05 percent per annum while the maturity period will be 40 years including a grace period of 15 years.

The loan is aimed at recovering the economy by implementing various reforms in revenue collection system and design schemes to support entrepreneurs who have been adversely affected by the pandemic.

Source: BSS