Bangladesh acquired nearly USD 82 billion in international credit spanning from 2010 through June 2024, Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury informed Parliament on Sunday.

“From 2010 to June 2024, 81.83 billion US dollars of foreign loans were taken,” he stated, while addressing a starred query submitted by treasury bench parliamentarian Lutfur Rahman representing Cox’s Bazar-3 during the question-and-answer segment inside the legislative assembly.

Earlier, the Sunday legislative session commenced at approximately 3:30 pm with Deputy Speaker Barrister Kayser Kamal presiding over the proceedings.

The finance minister revealed that across the identical timeframe, the amortization of principal and interest disbursements relative to the state's external borrowings totaled 17.11 billion and 6.04 billion US dollars respectively.

As per the statistical breakdown furnished by the minister, the cumulative aggregate disbursed toward principal and interest servicing against the nation's foreign indebtedness reached USD 23.15 billion between 2010 and June 2024.