Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN)- The 33rd auction of treasury bills (T-bills) of different maturities was held on Sunday. BDT 2.50 billion and BDT 2.63 billion in grand total BDT 5.13 billion were offered for the 91-day and 364-day bills respectively.

Of those, DBT 900 million and BDT 1.03 billion in grand total BDT1.93 billion were accepted respectively for the 91-day and 364-day bills, according to the central bank press statement.

BDT 1.59 billion and BDT 1.47 billion were devolved on primary dealers (PDs) for the 91-day and 364-day bills.

The range of implicit yield of accepted bids were 7.81-7.85 per cent and 8.51-8.55 per cent per annum respectively, the central bank of Bangladesh said.

BBN/SI/SI/AD-21September08-5:24 PM 9 (BST)