At a press conference on Thursday, Adviser M. Sakhawat Hossain announced that the Bangladeshi government will cover BEXIMCO’s employee salaries and benefits through the state treasury, allocating ৳5.25 billion (Tk 525.46 crore). On Wednesday, 14 BEXIMCO subsidiaries were officially shut down. The financial support includes ৳3.25 billion from the Finance Division and an additional ৳2 billion as a loan from the Ministry of Labour’s central fund to BEXIMCO Group.