The International Monetary Fund (IMF) review mission has begun its visit to Dhaka to assess the use of funds from the fourth and fifth instalments before releasing the next tranche of the ongoing loan programme. This mission is being led by Chris Papageorgiou, the IMF’s Bangladesh mission chief who also headed the previous review team. Earlier, Bangladesh received the fourth and fifth tranches together in June. Bangladesh received $476.3 million in the first instalment on Feb 2, 2023, followed by $682 million in the second tranche in December of the same year. In June 2024, Bangladesh received the third instalment of $1.15 billion, and in June 2025, the fourth and fifth instalments combined, amounting to $1.34 billion.
