Managing Director of Operations at the World Bank Anna Bjerde on Thursday reiterated the global lender's support to the interim government for rebuilding Bangladesh.
"I want to express our support… count on us for whatever support you want," she told Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus during a meeting on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum annual meeting in the Swiss city.
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The World Bank Managing Director for operations said the bank would like to extend its support to Bangladesh in the second half of the year, Chief Adviser's Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder told UNB.
During the talks, they spoke briefly on the July uprising, reform initiatives of the interim government and the state of Bangladesh economy.
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Lamiya Morshed, SDGs Affairs Principal Coordinator of the Bangladesh government, and Ambassador Tareq Md Ariful Islam, Bangladesh’s permanent representative to Geneva, also attended the meeting.