Money Market Parameters Current Period Earlier Period Change Average Call Money Rate 3.44% (June 07 ’18) 3.19% (May 31 ’18) 0.25% Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) 5,395.45 (June 07 ’18) 4,386.20 (May 31 ’18) 19.77% Prices Weighted Average Deposit Rate 5.43 (Apr ’18) 5.30% (Mar ’18) 0.13% Weighted Average Lending

Govt shows GDP grew by record 7.86pc in FY18, experts doubt Bangladesh’s gross domestic product growth hit record 7.86 per cent, beating the provisional estimation by 0.21 percentage points, in the past fiscal year of 2017-2018, according to the final calculation done by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. BBS in its

Sonali Bank’s profit hits 7-year high Sonali Bank logged the highest net profit in seven years thanks to its deposits with different banks and massive drives to recover funds from loan defaulters. According to Bangladesh Bank data, the state-owned financial institution’s net profit rose 41.60 percent year-on-year to Tk 1,000

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Improve doing business index to attract investment: ICCB Bangladesh is likely to be the biggest mover in the global gross domestic product (GDP) in 2030 through becoming the 26th largest economy in the world as predicted by HSBC Global Report “the World in 2030”. The country is going to become