Money Market Parameters Current Period Earlier Period Change Average Call Money Rate 4.05% (Jun 21 ’17) 3.91% (Jun 14 ’17) 0.14% Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) 9,268.00 (Jun 21 ’17) 6,965.00 (Jun 14 ’17) 33.07% Prices Weighted Average Deposit Rate 4.97% (Apr ’17) 5.01% (Mar ’17) 0.13% Weighted Average Lending

Money Market Parameters Current Period Earlier Period Change Average Call Money Rate 3.89% (Sep 20 ’17) 3.87% (Sep 13 ’17) 0.02% Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) 8,123.00 (Sep 20 ’17) 8,538.00 (Sep 13 ’17) 4.86% Prices Weighted Average Deposit Rate 4.89% (Jul ’17) 4.84% (Jun ’17) 0.09% Weighted Average Lending

Money Market Parameters Current Period Earlier Period Change Average Call Money Rate 3.88% (Oct 04 ’17) 3.90% (Sep 27 ’17) 0.02% Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) 8,422.00 (Oct 04 ’17) 7,787.00 (Sep 27 ’17) 8.15% Prices Weighted Average Deposit Rate 4.93% (Aug ’17) 4.89% (Jul ’17) 0.04% Weighted Average Lending

BDT depreciates against USD The taka lost maximum seven cent in single-day depreciation against the US dollar on Bangladesh’s interbank foreign-exchange (forex) market Monday. Bankers said the local currency took such a tumble after more than nine months on the country’s money market. The USD was quoted at BDT 78.68-BDT

Focus on digitization of business, e-commerce to propel economy Speakers at a programme on Tuesday said businesses will have to be fully digitised and e-commerce-based for further development of the country’s economy. To achieve sustainable development goals (SDGs), the country’s heavy industry needs to adopt green technology to address climate