BB to issue fresh directives for implementing ALM guidelines Commercial banks are expected to get a latest directive for implementing the asset-liability management (ALM) guidelines strictly to duck possible liquidity pressure in an emerging lopsided-market scenario. Officials said the dos from the central bank could come at a bankers’ meeting

Money Market Parameters Current Period Earlier Period Change Average Call Money Rate 3.75% (Mar 23 ’17) 3.64% (Mar 16 ’17) 0.11% Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) 6,552.00 (Mar 23 ’17) 6,367.00 (Mar 16 ’17) 2.91% Prices Weighted Average Deposit Rate 5.13% (Jan ’17) 5.22% (Dec ’16) 0.09% Weighted Average Lending

SME loan disbursement for 2016 rises 22.49pc The overall small and medium enterprise (SME) credit disbursement grew by 22.49 per cent in 2016 following strengthened monitoring and supervision by Bangladesh Bank (BB), officials said. All banks and non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) disbursed Tk 1,419.35 billion loan to 634,574 SME entrepreneurs

Banks’ risk assets soar 11.0% Banks’ risk assets have increased by BDT 680.0 billion or 11.0% over the last one year period as some of their clients took loans on fraudulent documents, officials said recently. According to the Bangladesh Bank Offside Supervision latest report, the risky wealth of banking sector

Economic affairs body approves deep sea gas exploration deal The Cabinet Economic Affairs Committee on Wednesday in principle approved proposal to sign the final deal with South Korean company for oil and gas exploration in the deep sea block DS-12, reports UNB. According to the Energy Division’s proposal the final