Money Market Parameters Current Period Earlier Period Change Average Call Money Rate 4.53% (Jun 26’19) 4.56% (Jun 19’19) 0.03% Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) 7,504.57 (Jun 26’19) 6,457.68 (Jun 19’19) 16.21% Prices Weighted Average Deposit Rate 5.46% (Jun 27’19) 5.42% (Jun 20’19) 0.04% Weighted Average Lending Rate 9.51% (Jun 27’19)

Money Market Parameters Current Period Earlier Period Change Average Call Money Rate 3.61% (Mar 09 ’17) 3.56% (Mar 02 ’17) 0.05% Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) 5,881.00 (Mar 09 ’17) 6,744.00 (Mar 02 ’17) 12.80% Prices Weighted Average Deposit Rate 5.13% (Jan ’17) 5.22% (Dec ’16) 0.09% Weighted Average Lending

28pc banks not ready to thwart large-scale cyber attacks Some 28 per cent of the banks operating in the country are not prepared to thwart possible large-scale cyber-attacks. On the other hand, 34 per cent of the banks are partially prepared and remaining 38 per cent are fully prepared to

BB asks BKB, RAKUB to reduce default Bangladesh Bank (BB) has asked two state-owned specialised banks (SBs) for taking effective measures immediately to reduce the volume of classified loans and improve their respective financial health, officials said. Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) and Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) have also been

Strong taka heightens real exchange rate, hits export The local currency’s real effective exchange rate, which is closely linked to trade situation, remained high and hit hard the country’s export-competitiveness. As per official count, the rate was an all-time high last December. And people familiar with development told the FE