Money Market Parameters Current Period Earlier Period Change Average Call Money Rate 4.53% (Apr 30’19) 4.58% (Apr 24’19) 0.05% Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) 5,273.50 (Apr 30’19) 3,785.95 (Apr 24’19) 39.29% Prices Weighted Average Deposit Rate 5.35% (May 02’19) 5.34% (Apr 25’19) 0.01% Weighted Average Lending Rate 9.50% (May 02’19)

Five more sectors may get incentives under PPP Projects under five more sectors are likely to be made eligible for government incentives under the public-private partnership (PPP) initiative. The finance minister has recently asked the authority concerned to take necessary steps in response to a proposal put forward by the

Interest rate spread drops slightly in October Overall interest rate spread in the country’s banking sector fell slightly in October as the commercial banks slashed their interest rates more on lending than that of deposits, officials said. The weighted average spread between lending and deposit rates offered by the commercial

Govt securities’ yield falls as banks scramble to buy Yield on government securities took a downturn under a buying spree, especially as banks invest their excess funds in the instruments to reap double benefits. According to officials and market operators, particularly new private commercial banks (PCBs) are purchasing the bills

Banking, business majors’ profits boost corporate tax Increased profits netted by major commercial banks and big companies yielded higher revenues for government exchequer by over 7.0 per cent in the immediate-past fiscal.Officials said the corporate-tax collection by the Large Taxpayers Unit (LTU) under income tax wing of the National Board