The Bangladesh Bank has issued new directives on the repayments of industrial term and home construction loans in line with the new market-based method of calculating the interest of bank loans.

Government employees can get loans for the construction of house or purchase of flats anywhere in the country as a policy guideline has already been formulated for providing such loan from the banking system.

Kaniz Fatima Binte Alam, a doctor, took Tk 48.50 lakh home loan at 8.5 percent interest in October last year from a lender with expertise in financing homes.