Bangladesh, Dec. 7 -- The recently published Bangladesh Bank's (BB) quarterly report reveals that country's NPL (Non-Performing Loan) has increased by TK 39 billion or 3.0 per cent over the previous quarter i.e., total NPL has increased from TK 1124 billion in June 2019 quarter to TK 1163 billion in September 2019 quarter. Data shows that the rise of NPL has become a regular phenomenon in our financial sector as NPL has risen every quarter since Mar 2108 except December 2018 quarter when NPL declined by TK 55 billion or 6.0 per cent from previous September 2018 quarter. There is an obvious reason of declining NPL in the December quarter.

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