BB selects 30 bonds for benchmarking
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has selected 30 treasury bonds for benchmarking as part of its latest move to develop a secondary market for the government securities.It took the ones, which are frequently traded or auctioned in large volume, out of the total 269 active treasury bonds, according to an announcement...
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Banks’ disclosure rules changed
The central bank has amended its instruction, allowing banks to provide their market disclosures within seven working days of finalising the annual audited financial statements, instead of March or September.Under the amendments, the banks are now instructed to provide required market disclosures in both qualitative and quantitative forms within seven...
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Opportunists make hay
Exposing weaknesses and inefficiencies of state institutions, the coronavirus pandemic has also favoured opportunists to commit more irregularities imperiling lives of many people, a TIB study opined.The country's health sector has become a breeding ground for irregularities following opacity in procurement and supply chain of medical products and services, it...
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Infection rate rises
The Covid-19 infection rate in the country increased further by 12.57 per cent on Tuesday as 1,699 more people tested positive in the last the 24 hours ending 8am on the day.The infection rates were recorded 11.99 per cent and 11.55 per cent on Monday and Sunday respectively, according to...
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Prayer Timings-(11-11-2020)
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