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  18 banks’ average lending rate falls below 7pc in April

  HM Murtuza | Updated at 12:44am on June 14, 2021

  The weighted average lending rate of 18 banks dropped below 7 per cent in April 2021 as the banks were desperately trying to lure customers...

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  Amount of MFS transactions reaches record Tk 63,479cr in April

  HM Murtuza | Updated at 10:38pm on June 08, 2021

  The amount of transactions through mobile financial services reached a fresh record of Tk 63,478.85 crore in April amid the enforcement of fresh Covid restrcitions...

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  Mobile finance transaction reaches record Tk 63,479cr in April

  HM Murtuza | Updated at 07:47pm on June 08, 2021

  The number of transactions through mobile financial services reached a fresh record of Tk 63,478.85 crore in April 2021, amid the enforcement of restrictions on...

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  Govt raises borrowing target thru NSC, tighten rules

  HM Murtuza | Updated at 10:32pm on June 04, 2021

  A heavy buying spree of national saving certificates by people in the outgoing fiscal year 2020-2021 has prompted the government to set upward its borrowing...

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  Economists question budget targets

  HM Murtuza | Updated at 12:18am on June 04, 2021

  The proposed budget for the fiscal year 2021–22 lacks measures on how the economic projections would be realised by tackling the Covid crisis and it...

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  Bank loan issuance thru agents surges to Tk 2,501 crore

  HM Murtuza | Updated at 10:48pm on June 02, 2021

  Banks’ lending through their agent banking wings reached the Tk 2,500-crore mark at the end of March thanks to the cost-efficient and technology-driven banking focus of...

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  July-April trade deficit widens

  HM Murtuza | Updated at 10:46pm on May 31, 2021

  The country’s trade deficit rose by 21.12 per cent or $3.1 billion year-on-year in the July-April period of the current fiscal year 2020-21 amid a...

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  BB’s dollar buying spree slows amid import surge

  HM Murtuza | Updated at 10:38pm on May 28, 2021

  The Bangladesh Bank’s dollar buying spree slowed down in the first five months of 2021 since the country’s major export destinations were going through massive...

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  Offences abroad using Bangladesh telecoms to be brought under law

  HM Murtuza | Updated at 12:08am on May 28, 2021

  A proposed amendment to the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Act, 2001 has made any offence committed by individuals in relation to ‘the state and its citizens’...

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  Bangladesh Bank okays $200m currency swap with Sri Lanka

  HM Murtuza | Updated at 10:50pm on May 23, 2021

  The Bangladesh Bank board on Sunday approved in principle a draft $200-million currency swap deal with Sri Lanka, which is struggling to maintain a moderate...