Money Market Parameters Current Period Earlier Period Change Average Call Money Rate 3.53% (Feb 23 ’17) 3.48 (Feb 16 ’17) 0.05% Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) 6,706.00 (Feb 23 ’17) 7,202.00 (Feb 16 ’17) 6.89% Prices Weighted Average Deposit Rate 5.22% (Dec ’16) 5.29% (Nov ’16) 0.07% Weighted Average Lending

Money Market Parameters Current Period Earlier Period Change Average Call Money Rate 3.77% (April 20 ’17) 3.72% (April 13 ’17) 0.05% Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) 6,876.00 (April 20 ’17) 6635.00 (April 13 ’17) 3.63% Prices Weighted Average Deposit Rate 5.08% (Feb ’17) 5.13% (Jan ’17) 0.05% Weighted Average Lending

Remittance lowest in six years Remittance inflow in fiscal 2016-17 has been the lowest in six years — a development that can be viewed as a dark cloud over an otherwise buoyant economy. Migrant workers sent home $12.77 billion last fiscal year, down 14.47 percent year-on-year, according to data from

Cyber security at banks far cry from proper level Bankers and experts on Sunday said that the majority of the country’s commercial banks were yet to take proper security measures to tackle cyber-attack as the top executives of the banks possessed a poor knowledge about information technology. One-fourth of the

BB developing collateral database to stop forgery The central bank is developing a collateral information system incorporating data on immovable properties which are used for getting loans aiming to prevent document forgery, officials said. The Bangladesh Bank has taken the initiative as dishonest people nowadays increasingly use forged documents and