InterviewBangladesh should redirect subsidy money to help poor: IMF deputy
Antoinette Monsio Sayeh visits Dhaka ahead of board decision on $4.5bn loan
A woman collects garbage from a dump in Dhaka: The IMF's deputy managing director says Bangladesh should not be providing subsidies that benefit the wealthy. © Reuters
SYFUL ISLAM, Contributing writer
January 18, 2023 19:24 JST
DHAKA -- Bangladesh's government should cut a range of subsidies and redirect the money to more targeted assistance for the poor, the International Monetary Fund's deputy managing director said in an interview while visiting the cash-strapped South Asian country.