World Bank MD reaches Dhaka for a day

World Bank (WB) Managing Director (Operations) Anna Bjerde has arrived in Dhaka on a one-day visit.

Mehrin A Mahbub, spokesperson of the WB's Dhaka office, said that he arrived at Dhaka's Shahjalal International Airport at around 8:00pm on Saturday (February 24), says a press release.

According to the press release, Anna Bjerde will meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Finance Minister Abul Hasan Mahmud Ali during the visit. Besides, she will also meet with several senior government officials, civil society and private sector representatives. She is accompanied by WB’s South Asia Vice President Martin Raiser.

The WB is one of the first development partners of Bangladesh since the independence. The bank has so far pledged $41 billion in financing to Bangladesh. Most of these are loans and grants on easy terms, says the release.

Currently, the largest programme of the WB Group's International Development Association (IDA) is ongoing in Bangladesh.