Bangladesh, Oct. 9 -- Foreign nationals have renewed their interest in investing in the country's treasury bonds as the yield rates have gone up on the back of government's rising appetite for funds.

The overseas investors until recently stayed away from investing in the fixed income instruments as the yield rates were much lower, central bankers said.

Only foreigners, mostly from western countries, invest in such type of fixed income instruments.

But the volume of their investment came to zero in December last which people familiar with the development believe that the low yield rate was the main reason behind it.

"Many commercial banks have talked with us about new investment by the foreigners in the country's treasury bond regime," a...