Staff Correspondent, bdnews24.com Published: 15 Mar 2021 04:51 PM BdST Updated: 15 Mar 2021 10:25 PM BdST Bangladesh has formed a new fund with a portion of forex reserves to finance infrastructure projects. "); } Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina launched the fund, known as Bangladesh Infrastructure Development Fund, via video conferencing from the Ganabhaban on Monday. The first project to be financed through BIDF is the dredging of a channel for the Payra port in southern Bangladesh. A three-way loan agreement was signed for the project in Dhaka. Hasina said: “As a developing country, we will have to finance our own projects. We will develop our country. That is our goal. And a lot of work needs to be done to accomplish that.”