WB offers quick access to 10 pct of undisbursed loans for Bangladesh's crisis response

DHAKA, May 13 (Xinhua) -- The World Bank has opened a new financing window that will enable Bangladesh to access 10 percent of the undisbursed amount of its loan portfolio with the global lender for emergency use during a crisis.

The amount would be 847 million U.S. dollars if the volume of pledged loans in the pipeline for the last fiscal year is considered, officials of the Economic Relations Division (ERD) we