Bangladesh Bank
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Result of the Auction of REPO and Liquidity Support Facility was held on 20 March, 2023.

Date: 21 March, 2023
Serial: 05/2023-137


The auction of Bangladesh Bank repo and liquidity support facility for commercial banks and financial institutions was held in Bangladesh Bank on Monday, 20 March, 2023. In that auction, 02 banks submitted 06 bids amounting to Taka 1519.64 crore as 01 day tenor repo facility, 09 banks submitted 58 bids amounting to Taka 4428.18 crore as 07 days tenor repo facility. Of which, all bids amounting to Taka 1367.68 crore as 01 day tenor repo facility and Taka 3985.36 crore as 07 days tenor repo facility were accepted by the auction committee. Moreover, 01 bid amounting to taka 124.00 crore of 01 bank for 01 day tenor were offered as Special Repo, 31 bids amounting to taka 3507.09 crore of 07 banks for 01 day tenor were offered as Liquidity Support Facility, 02 banks submitted 02 bids amounting to Taka 550.00 crore as 14 days tenor Islamic Banks liquidity facility and 01 bank submitted 01 bid amounting to Taka 138.00 crore for 90 days tenor repo under the special fund build up and investment policy to invest in the stock market. All bids were accepted by the auction committee. Accordingly, total of Taka 9672.13 crore was provided under repo, special repo, liquidity support facility, IBLF and 90 days tenor repo. The interest rates of the above-mentioned 01 day and 07 days tenor repo, special repo, 90 days tenor repo and liquidity support facility were 6.00, 6.10, 9.00, 5.00 and 6.00 percent per annum, respectively and the range of Expected Profit Rate (EPR) for 14 days tenor Islamic Banks Liquidity Facility was 6.00-7.00%.