Bank loan interest rate

Businesses worried over double-digit bank interest rate

Businesses are worried over the interest rate of bank loans reaching double digits as it will increase the cost of doing business and subsequently affect profitability, the country’s business leaders stated yesterday.

Lending rate goes past 13% despite lowering of margin

The interest rate on loans is going to surpass 13 percent from March despite lowering the margin as the benchmark interest rate has been increasing consistently since its introduction.

BB unlikely to remove interest rate cap anytime soon

Bangladesh Bank is unlikely to lift the interest rate cap on bank loans anytime soon, BB Governor Abdur Rouf Talukder said today.

Bank Deposits: Not more than 6pc interest from Feb 1

The long-promised single-digit interest rate is now seeming more and more likely as the banks yesterday agreed to provide not more than 6 percent for savings from February 1 as part of their preparation to usher in 9 percent lending rate from April.

SINGLE-DIGIT INTEREST RATES / Banking stocks battered

Banking stocks took a punch yesterday as investors reacted violently with the government move to fix the interest rates for lending and savings at 9 percent and 6 percent respectively, effectively clipping the lenders’ ability to log in profits.

October 6, 2024
October 6, 2024

Businesses worried over double-digit bank interest rate

Businesses are worried over the interest rate of bank loans reaching double digits as it will increase the cost of doing business and subsequently affect profitability, the country’s business leaders stated yesterday.

March 1, 2024
March 1, 2024

Lending rate goes past 13% despite lowering of margin

The interest rate on loans is going to surpass 13 percent from March despite lowering the margin as the benchmark interest rate has been increasing consistently since its introduction.

December 1, 2022
December 1, 2022

BB unlikely to remove interest rate cap anytime soon

Bangladesh Bank is unlikely to lift the interest rate cap on bank loans anytime soon, BB Governor Abdur Rouf Talukder said today.

January 29, 2020
January 29, 2020

Bank Deposits: Not more than 6pc interest from Feb 1

The long-promised single-digit interest rate is now seeming more and more likely as the banks yesterday agreed to provide not more than 6 percent for savings from February 1 as part of their preparation to usher in 9 percent lending rate from April.

January 2, 2020
January 2, 2020

Banking stocks battered

Banking stocks took a punch yesterday as investors reacted violently with the government move to fix the interest rates for lending and savings at 9 percent and 6 percent respectively, effectively clipping the lenders’ ability to log in profits.