President Abdul Hamid administering oath to three new ministers in Darbar Hall of Bangabhaban on Tuesday.

Pvt banks also raise volume of Agro loan

Staff Reporter :Farm credit disbursement by all banks has increased by 16.04 per cent during first six months of the current fiscal as against the same period of the previous fiscal, according to a central bank figure released on Thursday.Banks disbursed Tk 7450.25 crore farm loan during the July-December period of 2013-14 fiscal compared to Tk 6420.44 crore in the corresponding period of last fiscal (2012-13).The loans have given to different agro-based sub-sectors like crops, irrigation equipment, livestock, marketing of...

25 Jan 2014, 12:00 am