Finance ministry favours signing free trade deals The Ministry of Finance has given the go-ahead to the Ministry of Commerce to move forward towards signing bilateral and multilateral free trade area (FTA) agreements with developed and developing countries. The finance ministry’s green light came as it gave its opinion on

Money Market Parameters Current Period Earlier Period Change Average Call Money Rate 2.11% (Jul 19 ’18) 2.39% (Jul 12 ’18) 0.28% Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) 5,564.25 (Jul 19 ’18) 5,773.25 (Jul 12 ’18) 3.62% Prices Weighted Average Deposit Rate 5.51% (May ’18) 5.43% (Apr ’18) 0.08% Weighted Average Lending

Money Market Parameters Current Period Earlier Period Change Average Call Money Rate 3.91% (Jun 14 ’17) 3.81% (Jun 07 ’17) 0.10% Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) 6,965.00 (Jun 14 ’17) 7,096.00 (Jun 07 ’17) 1.85% 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 3.64% (Mar 16 ’17) 3.61% (Mar 09 ’17) 0.03% Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) 6,367.00 (Mar 16 ’17) 5,881.00 (Mar 09 ’17) 12.80% Prices Weighted Average Deposit Rate 5.13% (Jan ’17) 5.22% (Dec ’16) 0.09% Weighted Average Lending

Gold prices drop again Local jewelers have revised gold prices downward in line with the international market price. As per new rates, the price of 22-carat gold has been fixed at Tk 4,070 per gram, down from Tk 4,170 nearly two weeks ago. The new price will come into effect