Money Market Parameters Current Period Earlier Period Change Average Call Money Rate 4.31% (Feb 20 ’18) 4.03% (Feb 13 ’18) 0.28% Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) 7,931.80 (Feb 20 ’18) 7,183.30 (Feb 13 ’18) 10.42% Prices Weighted Average Deposit Rate 4.91% (Dec ’17) 4.90% (Nov ’17) 0.01% Weighted Average Lending

BB opens GTF for all sectors Bangladesh Bank on Wednesday opened up its Green Transformation Fund (GTF) for all manufacturing and export oriented entities irrespective of sector. Earlier, the BB only allowed three sectors — textile, leather and jute — to access fund from the GTF to import capital machinery

Tk 70,400cr loans rescheduled in last five years: BB Banks have rescheduled loans amounting to about Tk 70,400 crore of troubled borrowers over the last five years, putting extra pressure on the sector.“The rescheduling of loans has created extra stress on the banking system in recent times as this constitutes

SK Sur set to advise BB S. K. Sur Chowdhury is going to be appointed Banking Reform Advisor of Bangladesh Bank on completion of his tenure as a deputy governor. According to Bangladesh Bank, the decision to appoint Sur Chowdhury in the new post was made at the governing body

ICB, DSE shareholders to invest fresh funds soon The state-run Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) and the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) shareholders are set to invest their much-talked-about fresh funds in the capital market very soon. They expressed optimism regarding the fresh investment at a meeting in the capital on