The government will announce a bailout package of Tk 2500-3000 crore for the businessmen affected by the global economic recession, said Commerce Minister Faruk Khan today.
"The package will cover only the businessmen who were affected by the recession," he told reporters this noon at the Secretariat.
"The businessmen involved in jute, jute products, garments and textile, frozen food and leather and who have been suffering from the current economic meltdown, will get this benefit," he said.
Earlier today, Finance Minister AMA Muhith said the government will announce a special financial support package for the exporters affected by the global economic crisis within four days.
After a meeting with the officials of the Association of Development Agencies in Bangladesh (Adab), Muhith told reporters that the package would cover only the exporters who were already affected or likely to be affected by the recession.
He said the government would follow the existing rules for offering such packages. The government will give cash to the exporters.
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