Money Market Parameters Current Period Earlier Period Change Average Call Money Rate 4.16% (Jan 16’19) 3.74% (Jan 09’19) 11.23% Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) 7261.39 (Jan 16’19) 4724.36 (Jan 09’18) 53.70% Prices Weighted Average Deposit Rate 5.30% (Jan 17’19) 5.30% (Jan 10’19) 0.00% Weighted Average Lending Rate 9.50% (Jan 17’19)

Defaulted SME loans rise by BDT 34.4 billion in H1 The amount of defaulted loans in the small and medium enterprise sector in the January-June period of this year increased by BDT 34.4 billion due to a dull business situation and a lack of effective loan recovery measures by scheduled

Import orders double in five months Overall import orders almost doubled in the first five months of this fiscal year as opening letters of credit (LC) for bulk purchase for Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) gave a spurt. By official count, the opening of LCs, generally known as import orders,

Beacon Pharma, United Power dominate Turnover Chart Top 10 traded companies captured 28.38 per cent of the turnover featured by the Dhaka Stock Exchange [DSE] on Monday. Of the top turnover leaders, Beacon Pharmaceuticals featured a turnover of Tk 232.70 million and grabbed 5.20 per cent of the market turnover.

Banks, NBFIs given extended facility to get JICA-assisted fund Bangladesh Bank on Monday extended refinancing facility for banks and non-bank financial institutions from the Japan International Cooperation Agency-assisted foreign direct investment promotion project. BB’s foreign exchange investment department, also the FDIPP-implementation unit, issued a circular on the day with a