<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">International Monetary Fund (IMF) will continue support for Bangladesh to accomplish its aspiration to become a developed, prosperous and higher income country by 2041.</b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">"Bangladesh has aspiration to become a developed, prosperous and higher income country by 2041, and IMF will continue its support," said the lending agency's Deputy Managing Director Antoinette Monsio Sayeh while paying a call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Ganabhaban.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Antoinette Monsio said IMF cherishes the long standing partnership with Bangladesh, and she came here to further strengthen the relationship.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Prime Minister's Speech Writer Md. Nazrul Islam briefed reporters after the meeting.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The prime minister said Bangladesh does not want any assistance from the IMF for bail-out, rather the country has wanted the support as a preemptive measure.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"We don't' want any bail-out. Our this programme is not a bail-out," she added. BSS</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>