The central bank is likely to announce its Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) for June-December period of FY’17 on July 21. This is the first policy statement after Fazle Kabir joined BB as the governor in March this year. Foreign countries are scared to trade with Bangladesh,’’ said Allah Malik Kazemi, change management adviser to Bangladesh Bank. Bangladesh Bank will take risk management policy to fight the negative impact of militant activities as the country has already started feeling the economic pinch due to a spate of terrorist attacks in recent times. He said Bangladesh Bank is concerned about recent militancy and thinking to bring a way out to manage the risk facing the economy.

Source: Dhaka Tribune July 17, 2016 18:33 UTC