July-Sept overall imports up 8.0pc The country’s overall imports grew by more than 8.0 per cent in the first quarter (Q1) of the current fiscal year (FY), 2018-19, following a 78.62 per cent increase in fuel oil import. The actual import in terms of settlement of letters of credit (LCs)

Export earnings grow 17.24pc in five months Merchandise export earnings in the first five months of the current fiscal year stood at $17.07 billion, a 17.24 per cent rise from the same period last year. Official data showed exports fetched $14.56 billion in the July-November period of fiscal year (FY)

FoB imports flourish to consignees’ comfort Bangladesh’s imports through FoB arrangement are rising rapidly, implying that overseas procurement is now dominated by local consignees in a paradigm shift in external trade. But large importers, who have transport facilities under their own command, disagree with the changes in freights in import

Money Market Parameters Current Period Earlier Period Change Average Call Money Rate 3.92% (Dec 27 ’17) 3.92% (Dec 20 ’17) 0.11% Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) 6,421.00 (Dec 27 ’17) 7,120.00 (Dec 20 ’17) 9.82% Prices Weighted Average Deposit Rate 4.89% (Oct ’17) 4.90% (Sep ’17) 0.01% Weighted Average Lending

BB launches special inspection of troubled Farmers Bank The central bank has launched a special inspection of the problem-ridden Farmers Bank Limited (FBL) to assess its real financial health, after heads rolled over a crisis of the trouble-hit fourth-generation private commercial bank. “We’re investigating different branches to know actual financial