BB begins special probe: Alleged ‘misreporting’ on forex rate to central bank by some banks The central bank has started carrying out a special inspection to detect irregularities relating to foreign exchange reporting by the commercial banks, officials said. Three inspection teams of Bangladesh Bank (BB) started on-site inspection Sunday

BB failed to get info about Bangladeshi depositors in Swiss banks The Bangladesh government has already sought information about Bangladeshi depositors in Swiss banks but are yet to receive a reply, said Finance Division officials. They said Bangladesh Bank had sent several letters to the Swiss National Bank over the

Money Market Parameters Current Period Earlier Period Change Average Call Money Rate 2.77% (May 09 ’18) 3.00% (May 03 ’18) 0.23% Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) 4,946.40 (May 09 ’18) 5,188.20 (May 03 ’18) 4.66% Prices Weighted Average Deposit Rate 5.30% (Mar ’18) 5.18% (Feb ’18) 0.12% Weighted Average Lending

Money Market Parameters Current Period Earlier Period Change Average Call Money Rate 3.64% (Jul 19 ’17) 3.68% (Jul 12 ’17) 0.04% Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) 5,873.00 (Jul 12 ’17) 5,893.00 (Jul 12 ’17) 0.34% Prices Weighted Average Deposit Rate 4.93% (May ’17) 4.97% (Apr ’17) 0.04% Weighted Average Lending

BASIC to get BDT 26.0 billion recap fund: Public money being put in ‘black hole’, say experts The government is set to issue BDT 26 billion-worth of bonds to meet capital shortfall of the problem-ridden BASIC Bank as per requirement under the Basel-III provision, officials said. Finance Minister AMA Muhith