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BoP reverses into $3.4 billion surplus

Dhaka, Aug. 13 -- Bangladesh sees its deficit balance of payments (BoP) reverse into around $3.4-billion surplus in fiscal year 3025 after three financial years, in early signs of much-needed economic... Read More


Banks borrow record Tk 1.45t in a month as liquidity dries

Dhaka, July 18 -- Fund funnelling from the central bank into commercial banks in Bangladesh through repo instrument hits a record high of over Tk 1.45 trillion in June, indicating their severe liquidi... Read More


SDF rate cut to 8.0pc to rescue call-money mkt

Dhaka, July 15 -- Policymakers bill it as a major monetary-policy change as the central bank cuts the standing deposit facility (SDF) rate by 50 basis points to 8.0 per cent trying to revitalize the s... Read More


Foreign banks enhancing credit backup to BD counterparts

Dhaka, July 9 -- Banks now enjoy a feel-good ambiance in external trade financing as foreign counterparts open line-of-credit backup mainly as Bangladesh sees significant improvements in foreign-excha... Read More


Rollback of 14-day repo deferred

Dhaka, July 1 -- Cash feeding into banks continues as the regulator decided to defer rollback of 14-day-tenure central-bank repo by minimum three months, to a much-needed respite to the commercial len... Read More


'Exchange rate volatility unlikely under free-floating regime'

Dhaka, June 19 -- The chance of any form of volatility in the exchange rate under the persisting free-floating regime is very thin because of the lower demand for foreign exchange, Country Manager of ... Read More


Bank loans, deposits in rural areas shrink

Dhaka, June 13 -- Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from The Financial Express.... Read More