These investors will earn less from their savings than others and the profit will decline further in case of investment above Tk 3 million. Customers queue up at the principal branch of state-owned Sonali Bank in Dhaka’s Motijheel commercial area on Tuesday as the government gradually starts to ease the lockdown rules during the coronavirus crisis. The central bank issued the notice on Sunday after the finance ministry announced the readjusted rates last week with three thresholds among nine savings schemes, cutting profits on six of them for the investors who will buy savings instruments worth over Tk 1.5 million. The six are: 5-Year Bangladesh Sanchayapatra, 3-Monthly Profit Bearings, Family Savings Certificates, Pensioner Sanchayaptra, Post Office Savings Bank’s Fixed Deposit and Wage Earner Development Bond. Profit rates for ordinary accounts at Post Office and US Dollar Premium Bond have remained unchanged at 7.5 percent; it is 6.5 percent for US Dollar Investment Bond.

Source: bd News24 September 26, 2021 13:18 UTC