SME loan disbursement rises by 24.0% in Q1 SME loan disbursement by banks and non-bank financial institutions increased by 24.4% to BDT 325.2 billion in the first three months of this year compared with that in the same period a year ago, but 63.4% of the loans went to trade

Bangladesh Bank report: Banks perform well in Oct-Dec period Bangladesh banking sector’s performance indicators demonstrated remarkable improvements during the October-December period of 2015, said Bangladesh Bank quarterly report, attributing the figures to an increase in economic activities after the end of political unrest. The return on asset (ROA), a basis

Money Market Parameters Current Period Earlier Period Change Average Call Money Rate 4.52% (Mar 20’19) 4.53% (Mar 14’19) 0.01% Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) 5,388.03 (Mar 20’19) 6,036.98 (Mar 14’19) 12.04% Prices Weighted Average Deposit Rate 5.34% (Mar 21’19) 5.34% (Mar 14’19) 0.00% Weighted Average Lending Rate 9.49% (Mar 21’19)

Money Market Parameters Current Period Earlier Period Change Average Call Money Rate 4.53% (Mar 14’19) 4.55% (Mar 06’19) 0.02% Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) 6,036.98 (Mar 14’19) 5,906.32 (Mar 06’19) 2.21% Prices Weighted Average Deposit Rate 5.34% (Mar 14’19) 5.34% (Mar 07’19) 0.00% Weighted Average Lending Rate 9.49% (Mar 14’19)

B’desh becomes 21st most attractive global offshoring destination Bangladesh becomes the twenty-first most attractive offshoring destination in the world and the ninth best-outsourcing hub in Asia as per a global rating of skilled services location. Such grading of nations came in the latest edition of the Global Services Location Index