by Rejaul Karim Byron in The Daily Star, Dec 29, 2023The government’s spending on interest payments against the mounting foreign debt surged 136.70 percent year-on-year to $562 million in the first five months of the current fiscal year as disbursements surged in recent years. The interest payment stood at $237 million in July-November of the previous financial year of 2022-23, data from the Economic Relations Division (ERD) showed. The fund release for the mega projects…