UK

Prime minister Gordon Brown said today banks have the responsibility of passing on Bank of England (BoE) rate cuts to the wider public.
‘Society and banks have a duty to take that (the BoE’s quarter point rate cut to 5.50 pct last month) into account,’ he told reporters.
For his part, Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling […]

Janata Bank won

Janata Bank will not charge interest on loans for six months and will make available Tk 255 crore loan facilities for farming and income-generating activities in cyclone Sidr-hit rural areas.
The interest benefit will be applicable to both on new and outstanding farm and non-farm loans, a high official of the state-run bank said yesterday.
According to […]