Money Market Parameters Current Period Earlier Period Change Average Call Money Rate 4.97% (Oct 16’19) 4.86% (Oct 09’19) 0.11% Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) 8,933.30 (Oct 16’19) 8,225.47 (Oct 09’19) 8.60% Prices Weighted Average Deposit Rate 5.60% (Aug ’19) 5.60% (Aug ’19) 0.00% Weighted Average Lending Rate 9.60% (Aug ’19)

Most listed banks’ net profits rise on defaulted loan rescheduling Amid a sluggish business situation, the net profit after tax of most of the banks listed with the capital market increased last year from that in the previous year, thanks to wholesale rescheduling of defaulted loans. Twenty-seven of the 30

BB suspends agri loan recovery in haor areas Bangladesh Bank on Monday asked banks to suspend their farm loan recovery programmes in the flash floods-hit haor regions in Sunamganj, Sylhet, Moulvibazar, Netrokona, Kishoreganj and Brahmanbaria and the other parts of the country affected by the calamity. Recent flash floods damaged

BB probe finds informal channels major reason of remittance inflow fall Bangladesh Bank (BB) investigation teams have identified informal channels, including mobile banking, as the major reasons for downward trend in country’s remittance inflow, reports BSS. “Non-Residence Bangladeshis (NRBs) are using informal channels for sending their money home due to

Bangladesh foreign exchange reserves rise to USD 33.11 billion Bangladesh’s foreign exchange reserves rose to USD33.11 billion at the end of April, USD709 million higher than one month earlier. The central bank on Sunday also said the reserves were up nearly 2% from one year earlier, reports Reuters. They are