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Private credit growth hits historic low of 6.29pc in September

Dhaka, Nov. 3 -- Formal credit growth for the private sector fell to a historical low of 6.29 per cent in September, signalling a deep slowdown in the country's business activities. The decline is at... Read More


Capital-machinery import rebounding from slump

Dhaka, Oct. 27 -- Capital-machinery import rebounds into positive trajectory from a slump, indicating some acceleration in the economy after months of sluggishness Bangladesh had witnessed following d... Read More


Volatility foreseen in forex market

Dhaka, Oct. 23 -- After weeks of regulatory-intervention-driven stability, Bangladesh's foreign-exchange market suddenly starts heating up with exchange rate recording over 50-paisa rise in a day, off... Read More


Banks' forex holdings drop to $3.94b amid BB's dollar buying

Dhaka, Oct. 18 -- Commercial banks' foreign-exchange (forex) holdings plummeted to $3.94 billion in September, mainly due to the central bank's growing US dollar-buying interventions, according to off... Read More


Deregulated imports boosting economy, pressuring reserves

Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- Bangladesh sees a significant rise in import orders, with a leap in September, in what is seen as an early indication of the country's economic rebound after months of recession. Ho... Read More


Bank directors, top brass to be on a monitoring platform

Dhaka, Oct. 1 -- All directors and top brass of the country's commercial banks are to be on a hold-all platform called key performance indicator (KPI) in a latest reform measure meant for ensuring goo... Read More


Policy twist to state-guaranteed SDF reviving call-money market

Dhaka, Sept. 27 -- Cash transactions on the call money-market rise in a rebound of the moribund interbank platform as the central bank's policy revision, cutting 50 basis points in the state-guarantee... Read More


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