Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on announced a new stimulus package to waive Tk 2,000 crore bank interest of the people affected badly by the nationwide shutdown enforced to contain the coronavirus pandemic. The premier made the announcement while formally publishing the SSC and other equivalent exam results through a videoconference from her official Ganabhaban residence in Dhaka. She said the government earlier suspended the payment of interest of the loans for two months which the people took from the (commercial) banks for business purpose. After Bangladesh was hit by COVID-19, the government led by Prime minister Sheikh Hasina, started working out effective policies. She is assisted by her advisors including the Private Sector Industry and Investment Adviser Salman F Rahman. ‘Today, we’re declaring a new incentive package which is the 19th. Under the package, the borrowers need not to repay Tk 2,000 crore interest of the credits which they took from the banks for doing busi...