BB to bend rules for banks to invest beyond limit Banks may be allowed to break the barrier and lend beyond 25 per cent of their paid-up capital to single borrowers to facilitate installation of large power plants. Sources said the Bangladesh Bank (BB), in this case of government priority,

Pvt sector credit sees steady growth The credit growth slightly improved to 16.6% in June, the same rate set in the latest monetary policy for December this year from 16.4% in previous month, according to the Bangladesh Bank data. The total loan to the private sector stood at Tk6,69,700 crore

Money Market Parameters Current Period Earlier Period Change Average Call Money Rate 5.08% (Sep 05’19) 4.61% (Aug 21’19) 0.47% Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) 3,396.63 (Sep 05’19) 3,544.88 (Aug 21’19) 4.18% Prices Weighted Average Deposit Rate 5.56% (Sep 05’19) 5.43% (Aug 01’19) 0.13% Weighted Average Lending Rate 9.59% (Sep 05’19)

Investment in NSCs soar to Tk 17,315cr in Jul-Oct Investment in national savings tools posted Tk 17,315 crore in July-October, growing from Tk 15,916 crore during the same period of the last year, as people continued to invest heavily in the tools because of low bank rates. According to the

BB issues guidelines for treasury bonds buy-back Bangladesh Bank (BB) has issued a 16-point guideline to undertake buy-back programme for the government treasury bonds or bills aiming to reduce the number of government securities, reports BSS. To keep pace with the other countries of the world, the government is going