DSEX crosses 5,300-mark riding on financial stocks Stocks maintained the upward trend for the sixth straight day on Wednesday as investors showed their buying binge on financial issues. Brokers said the market kept gaining following the news that the securities regulator relaxed the margin rules for another two years till

Govt’s borrowing from banks on track to rise The government’s higher borrowing from both the central bank and commercial banks is set to pick up mainly due to revenue shortfall in recent months. The previous borrowing, which was availed by the government to meet extra expenses for holding the December

Remittance lowest in six years Remittance inflow in fiscal 2016-17 has been the lowest in six years — a development that can be viewed as a dark cloud over an otherwise buoyant economy. Migrant workers sent home $12.77 billion last fiscal year, down 14.47 percent year-on-year, according to data from

Money Market   Parameters Current Period Earlier Period Change   Average Call Money Rate 4.48% (Feb 26’19) 4.42% (Feb 19’19) 0.06%   Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) 4106.05 (Feb 26’19) 3627.56 (Feb 19’19) 13.19% Prices Weighted Average Deposit Rate 5.34% (Feb 27’19) 5.34% (Feb 20’19) 0.00% Weighted Average Lending Rate

Rising Chinese investment won’t hit other FDI sources The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has dismissed the possibility of any negative impact on the country’s overall FDI (foreign direct investment) inflow because of growing Chinese investment here under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). It rather suggested the possible users of BRI