Money Market Parameters Current Period Earlier Period Change Average Call Money Rate 4.43% (Feb 13’19) 4.17% (Feb 06’19) 0.26% Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) 6410.73 (Feb 13’19) 6590.52 (Feb 06’19) 2.73% Prices Weighted Average Deposit Rate 5.26% (Feb 14’19) 5.26% (Feb 07’19) 0.00% Weighted Average Lending Rate 9.49% (Feb 14’19)

Govt’s revenue from capital market falls 7.61pc in FY’18 The government’s revenue earnings from the capital market declined 7.61 per cent or Tk 312.70 million in the just concluded fiscal year (FY 2017-18) compared to the previous FY. The earnings declined mainly due to reduced turnover value registered by both

Chinese co to build $6.5m toy factory in Dhaka EPZ Chinese company Meigo (Bangladesh) Limited is going to establish a Toy Manufac-turing Industry in Dhaka EPZ with an investment of US$ 6.55 million. An agreement to this effect has been signed between Bangladesh Export Process-ing Zones Authority (BEPZA) and Meigo

Money Market Parameters Current Period Earlier Period Change Average Call Money Rate 4.55% (Apr 04 ’18) 4.54% (Mar 28 ’18) 0.01% Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) 6,528.05 ( Apr 04’18) 7,818.75 (Mar 28 ’18) 16.5% Prices Weighted Average Deposit Rate 5.18% (Feb ’17) 5.01% (Jan’17) 0.17% Weighted Average Lending Rate

Govt seeks opinions of Central Bank, BSEC The Ministry of Finance [MoF] has sought opinions from the Central Bank and the securities regulator on a loan amount of Tk 100 billion [10,000 crore] sought by stock brokers to shore up the moribund stock market. The chairman of the Bangladesh Securities