Banks to open for 2hrs daily during lockdown Bangladesh Bank yesterday instructed banks to run their operations on a limited scale next week, when a shutdown of all public and private offices will be in effect as part of the government’s efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus. Bank branches

Money Market Parameters Current Period Earlier Period Change Average Call Money Rate 3.81% (June 07 ’17) 3.83% (June 01 ’17) 0.04% Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) 7,096.00 (June 07 ’17) 6,523.00 (June 01 ’17) 8.78% Prices Weighted Average Deposit Rate 4.97% (Apr ’17) 5.01% (Mar ’17) 0.13% Weighted Average Lending

Dhaka stocks inch up on bargain hunting Stocks inched up on Tuesday with the turnover at the Dhaka Stock Exchange hitting a two-month high as a section of investors went for bargain hunting mostly on low- and medium-capitalized companies while others continued selling shares fearing further losses amid a prolonged

Stocks rebound on bargain hunting Dhaka stocks rebounded on Wednesday due mainly to bargain hunting by investors after a three-day plunge that had pushed down the Dhaka Stock Exchange’s key index to a one-and-a-half-year low in the previous trading session. DSEX, the key index of the DSE, rose by 0.68

State banks’ loss-making branches shrink State-run banks saw a significant decline in the number of loss-making branches last year as Bangladesh Bank’s plan to reinvigorate the institutions is at long last bearing fruit. At the end of December last year, the total number of loss-making branches of Sonali, Janata, Agrani,