Dhaka, Bangladesh, Jan. 15 -- Bangladesh's top bankers have sought assurance form regulators to get deposits particularly public ones at maximum 6.0 per cent before brining down the lending rate at 9.0 per cent.

The appeal was made at a regular bankers' meeting, held at the central bank headquarters in Dhaka on Tuesday with Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Fazle Kabir in the chair.

At the meeting, the bankers also expressed their concern about collecting funds at a rate of 6.0 per cent at a time when the prevailing rate of inflation is around 6.0 per cent.

The government has already set a timeframe for introducing the 6.0 per cent interest rate on deposits and 9.0 per cent on lending effective from April 01, 2020.

The senior bankers requ...