The operating profit of Bangladesh Bank stood at Tk 4,152.37 crore in the recently concluded financial year. According to a BB news release, the operating profit of the central bank increased by 7.61 per cent in the FY 2012-13 compared with that of the FY12.
The transferable operating profit to the government increased by 10.83 per cent to Tk 4,052.37 crore in the FY13 from that of Tk 3,674.23 crore in the FY12, it said.
A BB official told New Age on Sunday that the central bank had made a significant profit in the last financial year by investing the foreign currency in the bonds and bill of other countries.
Besides, it made a robust profit from the government borrowing, he said.
He, however, said that the BB had incurred losses by investing dollar and gold.
-With New Age input
