Bank interest worth Tk 2,000cr to be waived to benefit 1.38cr borrowers: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today announced a new stimulus package to waive Tk 2,000 crore bank interest -- for people affected badly by the nationwide shutdown enforced to contain the coronavirus pandemic. "Today, we're declaring a new stimulus package, 19th such package. The government will provide interest amounting to Tk 2,000 crore to the banks as a subsidy and it will