STAFF CORRESPONDENT

The decision on the release of the next tranche of the IMF’s $5.5 billion loan will be made within the next month as the two sides endeavour to iron out disagreements over some of the conditions, said Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury yesterday.

The discussions may continue for 15 to 20 days or at most a month, he told reporters at his Secretariat office upon his return from the International Monetary Fund-World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington, DC.

“After that, depending on where the talks stand, we will decide the

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