Dhaka, Bangladesh, Aug. 25 -- The central bank of Bangladesh has relaxed regulations allowing foreign controlled firms to avail interest-bearing loans as working capital from their parent companies abroad.

The interest rate on three-month term deposit will be applicable as interest rate on such short-term foreign currency loan, according to a notification issued by the Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Thursday.

Talking to the BBN, a senior official of the Bangladesh Bank (BB) said the central bank has relaxed our regulations aiming to increase the inflow of foreign direct investment in Bangladesh through facilitating foreign-owned companies.

The foreign companies are allowed to enjoy such loan facility only for three years after staring their p...