Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury on Tuesday told Parliament that Bangladesh’s foreign debt stood at around $78 billion as of February 2026.
“According to the account up to February, 2026, the foreign debt of the Bangladesh government amounts to $78,067.20 million,” he said while replying to a starred question from independent lawmaker Rumeen Farhana (Brahmanbaria-2).Earlier, the Tuesday’s sitting of parliament started at 3:00 pm with Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad, Bir Bikram, in the chair.
The minister said the Economic Relations Division (ERD) repays foreign loans on behalf of the government.
Each fiscal year, a projection is prepared to estimate the total expenditure for servicing foreign debt including both principal and interest, and necessary allocations are kept in the national budget.
Loan repayments are being made from the budgetary allocation throughout the year following a scheduled plan.
In reply to a scripted question from treasury bench member Md Shamsur Rahman Simul Biswas (Pabna-5), Khosru said that the government received a total of nearly $86 billion in foreign loans from FY09 to FY26.
During the same period, the government repaid $22,328.47 million in principal and $8,696.82 million in interest, he said.
As of December 30, 2025, the foreign debt stood at $77,279.12 million ($77 billion), said Amir Khosru.
He told the House that from FY08 to February of FY26, the government borrowed a total of $87,396.03 million and repaid $22,050.79 million in principal.
As a result, the country’s foreign debt amount increased by $65,346.24 million during this period, the minister added.
