Top 10 traded cos capture 42pc market turnover The top 10 turnover leaders on Sunday captured 41.95 per cent of the turnover featured by the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE). Three of the turnover leaders were also in the list of top 10 gainers. The companies are Central Pharmaceuticals, Silva Pharmaceuticals

Money Market Parameters Current Period Earlier Period Change Average Call Money Rate 4.55% (Jun 12’19) 4.55% (May 29’19) 0.00% Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) 5,997.23 (Jun 12’19) 6,954.31 (May 29’19) 13.76% Prices Weighted Average Deposit Rate 5.42% (Jun 13’19) 5.42% (May 30’19) 0.00% Weighted Average Lending Rate 9.46% (Jun 13’19)

Export earnings grow 13.39pc in July-Jan period of FY ’19 Earnings from the country’s merchandise exports in the first seven months of the current fiscal year (FY) stood at US$ 24.17 billion, marking a 13.39 per cent growth over the corresponding period of last fiscal. The exports fetched $21.32 billion

13 banks overshoot SME lending targets Thirteen banks have overshot their annual SME loan disbursement targets in just six months in a sign of aggressive lending, which the central bank terms suspicious. They disbursed 105 percent to 242 percent of their annual targets in January-June this year, Bangladesh Bank data

Bangladesh Bank tells lien banks: Deduct 0.03% from every RMG export order from July 01 The central bank asked the lien banks concerned on Sunday to deduct 0.03% from every readymade garment (RMG) export order from July 01 next. The Bangladesh Bank (BB), in a circular, also asked the bank