Finance Minister Abul Hasan Mahmud Ali on Sunday said that the army will take action against the former army chief of Bangladesh General Aziz Ahmed even after his retirement.
The Minister came up with this remark while talking to reporters at the Secretariat on Sunday noon.
At the time, the finance minister was actually talking about potential measures against loan defaulters and the matter of the army chief contextually came up.
He said that the IMF would provide the 3rd tranche of its total committed $4.7 billion loan to Bangladesh within this June while there is no barrier in it.
Ali said the IMF has also suggested the government to reduce the number of Non Performing Loans (NPLs). “We are taking actions against the loan defaulters and I want to grab the loan defaulters,” he added.
When asked whether it is possible to take action against the loan defaulters since they are powerful, Ali said, “You’ve noticed that action is being taken against the former IGP for his alleged amassment of wealth.”
Turning to the upcoming budget for the next fiscal year (FY25), he listed containing inflation, increasing foreign currency reserves and generating more revenues as the major challenges for the upcoming budget.
“We’ve some problems in our economy and we’ll have to overcome those. Steps will be there in the next budget to address those,” he added.
The Finance Minister also informed that various steps are being taken in the next budget to materialize the various commitments envisioned in the election manifesto of Awami League.
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