Money Market Parameters Current Period Earlier Period Change Average Call Money Rate 3.32% (Nov 01 ’18) 3.51% (Oct 25 ’18) 0.19% Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) 5,174.39 (Nov 01’18) 5,160.72 (Oct 25’18) 0.26% Prices Weighted Average Deposit Rate 5.27% (Nov 01’18) 5.27% (Oct 25’18) 0.00% Weighted Average Lending Rate 9.46%

Banks’ written-off loans soar further to BDT 423.0 billion Written-off loans bloated by nearly 3.0% or BDT 11.2 billion in the first six months of the current calendar year as banks tried to clean their balance sheets by reducing loads of default loans. The cumulative amount of loans written off

Bangladesh Bank warns banks not to cut interest on deposit Bangladesh Bank on Tuesday asked banks to take initiatives to prevent the rates of interest on deposits from further falling. The BB issued a circular to the managing directors and chief executive officers of all banks saying that the spread

Bangladesh Bank raises three SoCBs’ credit growth limit: Boosting productive investment main objective The central bank has enhanced the credit-growth limits for three state-owned commercial banks (SoCBs) for this calendar year despite their soaring classified loans. Officials said the annual lending-growth limits for Sonali, Janata and Rupali have been re-fixed

Government earnings from DSE soar 174.0% in Q1 The government revenue earnings from the Dhaka bourse marked a 174.0% rise in first quarter (Q1) for July-September period of the current fiscal year compared to the same quarter a year ago as trading volume was on the rise. Market insiders said