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Bangladesh key economic indicators – Feb 3

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Sunday Previous Taka/US $ (inter-bank) 77.75-77.75 77.75-77.75 Call money rate (inter-bank) 06.00-07.75 05.50-08.00 Dhaka Stock Exchange index 4,787.66 4,753.17 --------------------------------------------------------------- indicatorMONTHLY CURRENT PREVIOUS Growth in: Consumer price index (BBS) Change yr/yr (pct) Dec. 7.53 7.15 M2 supply (bln taka) (BB) Nov. 6,425.75 6,403.17 Forex reserves ($bln)(BB) Dec. 18.07 17.11 Exports(FOB) ($mln)(BB) Nov. 2,212....

Bangladeshi slashed in rape attempt

A 40-year-old Bangladeshi labourer was slashed in his leg after he allegedly tried to rape a 50-year-old housewife in Kampung Teluk Wanjah here. rapeThe foreigner, who had moved into a rented house near the woman’s house about two years ago, tried to rape the woman after thinking that she was home alone, reports ANN. Shopiah Ahmad’s screams alerted her 62-year-old husband, who was husking coconuts at the back of their house. Her husband rushed in when he heard her screams and in the ensuing scuffle slashe...

Bangladeshis among 700 illegal expats arrested in Riyadh

Police in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh have arrested 700 illegal expatriates, including Bangladeshi nationals. Police said that those arrested in Wednesday’s raids included runaways, workers with forged documents and others facing criminal charges from Yemen, Pakistan, India and Bangladesh, the Arab News reported Friday. Around 200 vendors of vegetables and fruits, 12 wanted men, and a group of bootleggers were also arrested in a major crackdown in Al-Unooz district in the capital of the country. KSAPrior ...

Bangladesh key economic indicators – Feb 1

DAILY INDICATORS

Thursday Previous Taka/US $ (inter-bank) 77.75-77.75 77.75-77.75 Call money rate (inter-bank) 06.25-08.00 05.50-08.00 Dhaka Stock Exchange index 4,753.17 4,748.51 --------------------------------------------------------------- indicatorMONTHLY CURRENT PREVIOUS Growth in: Consumer price index (BBS) Change yr/yr (pct) Dec. 7.53 7.15 M2 supply (bln taka) (BB) Nov. 6,425.75 6,403.17 Forex reserves ($bln)(BB) Dec. 18.07 17.11 Exports(FOB) ($mln)(BB) Nov. 2,21...

Visitors’ turn out breaks all records at Dhaka trade fair

The daily turn out of visitors broke all previous records at Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF' 14) on Friday. The fair has turned into a get-together for the city dwellers on the third public holiday after the country’s biggest trade show began on January 11. Encouraged by favourable weather, political stability and eye-catching recreation centres for children, thousands of dwellers especially youths along with their friends and family members flocked the ticket counters rushing to enter the fair premises at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in the city, reports BSS. ditf

Banking system liquidity worries FBCCI

  The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) expressed its concern over the banking system liquidity generating from inertia of the businesses to invest in productive sectors. “Although the target for the growth in private sector credit flow was fixed at 15.5 percent from July-December in 2013, the credit flow at that period was not that satisfactory due to the absence of proper infrastructure as well as business friendly environment caused by political uncertainty,” the apex trade body said in a statement on Thursday. FBCCI
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