Money Market Parameters Current Period Earlier Period Change Average Call Money Rate 4.86% (Oct 09’19) 5.01% (Oct 03’19) 0.15% Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) 8,225.47 (Oct 09’19) 7,673.31 (Oct 03’19) 7.19% Prices Weighted Average Deposit Rate 5.60% (Aug ’19) 5.60% (Aug ’19) 0.00% Weighted Average Lending Rate 9.60% (Aug ’19)

FSSL rebranded as NRB Equity Management First Securities Services Limited (FSSL), one of the leading merchant banks in Bangladesh, has recently been renamed as NRB Equity Management Limited to rebrand itself. Half a dozen of Non-Resident Bangladeshis (NRBs), some established businessmen and seasoned professionals are now working for the company

Investments with Islamic Banking soar 19% Investments with the Islamic banking accounts have increased by 19.03 per cent in the October-December quarter of 2017, compared to the corresponding period of the previous year. “The Islamic banking segment continued to show rapid expansion in terms of growth of assets, deposits, investments

Q1 non-performing loans leap to BDT 734.1 billion Classified loans in the country’s banking system jumped by over 18.0% or BDT 112.4 billion in the first quarter (Q1) of the current calendar year, despite close monitoring by the central bank. According to the central bank’s latest statistics, the amount of

PKB set to become scheduled bank Probashi Kallyan Bank (PKB) is set to go into operation as a scheduled bank by March as the government has completed all preparations in this regard, sources said. To this effect, Financial Institutions Division (FID) has sent a summary paper to the finance minister,