Money Market Parameters Current Period Earlier Period Change Average Call Money Rate 4.47% (Jan 03’19) 4.61% (Dec 27’18) 0.14% Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) 5,198.48 (Jan 03’19) 4706.79 (Dec 27’18) 10.44% Prices Weighted Average Deposit Rate 5.30% (Jan 03’19) 5.25% (Dec 27’18) 0.05% Weighted Average Lending Rate 9.50% (Jan 03’19)

Changes in bank law on cards The finance ministry has moved to make changes to the Banking Companies Act 1991 that would strengthen the grip of families on private banks.The amendment proposed to increase the tenure of the board of directors of a private bank from six years to nine

Bangladesh goes up 28 notches Bangladesh went up 28 notches in the anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing (AML/CTF) index of the Basel Institute on Governance — a development that will come as a pat on the back for the government. The country came in at No. 82 out of

B’desh becomes 21st most attractive global offshoring destination Bangladesh becomes the twenty-first most attractive offshoring destination in the world and the ninth best-outsourcing hub in Asia as per a global rating of skilled services location. Such grading of nations came in the latest edition of the Global Services Location Index

Bangladesh Bank report: Banks perform well in Oct-Dec period Bangladesh banking sector’s performance indicators demonstrated remarkable improvements during the October-December period of 2015, said Bangladesh Bank quarterly report, attributing the figures to an increase in economic activities after the end of political unrest. The return on asset (ROA), a basis