Money Market Parameters Current Period Earlier Period Change Average Call Money Rate 4.31% (Jul 03’19) 4.53% (Jun 26’19) 0.22% Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) 6,303.36 (Jul 03’19) 7,504.57 (Jun 26’19) 16.01% Prices Weighted Average Deposit Rate 5.46% (Jul 04’19) 5.46% (Jun 27’19) 0.00% Weighted Average Lending Rate 9.51% (Jul 04’19)

Money Market Parameters Current Period Earlier Period Change Average Call Money Rate 4.50% (Dec 20 ’18) 3.93% (Dec 13 ’18) 0.57% Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) 6,428.38 (Dec 20 ’18) 7,909.40 (Dec 13 ’18) 4.61% Prices Weighted Average Deposit Rate 5.25% (Dec 20 ’18) 5.27% (Dec 13 ’18) 0.02% Weighted

BB clears way for freelancers to earn more from abroad The central bank yesterday raised the maximum limit for inward remittances from $2,000 to $5,000 per transaction for freelancers and outsourcing companies. Bangladesh Bank issued a notice yesterday, allowing authorised dealers to bring in funds from overseas against outsourcing services

Bangladesh Association of Bankers puts pressure for scrapping limit on bank directors’ tenure Owners of private banks have put pressure on the government for amendment to the Bank Company Act 2013 within three years after it came into force in August 2013, officials said. They said Bangladesh Association of Banks

Farm loans rise by 7.64pc in Q1 Disbursement of farm loans posted a 7.64-per cent growth in the first quarter of the current fiscal year of 2016-17 compared with that in the same period of the FY 2015-16.Banks disbursed Tk 3,443.85 crore in farm loans in the July-September period of