Ahsan Habib

Say bankers and exchange official at a discussion by The Daily Star

Three of the nine banks that entered the market in 2013 after receiving licences from the then Awami League government are now weighed down by non-performing loans (NPLs), according to Bangladesh Bank data and audited financial statements.

Assets in fixed-income mutual funds rise as investors look for liquidity beyond FDRs and savings certificates

The Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority (IDRA) will take stricter measures against non-complying distressed insurance companies, its chairman has said.

Tk 15,691cr spent, but Payra Port activities far below its commercial potential

Loans are quick, equity is ignored, and banks are left carrying nearly all the risk in the economy

Sharmin Begum, who lives in Barguna’s Patharghata upazila, may have done little to contribute to global warming, but she is suffering severely from its adverse impacts.

As full-fledged Islamic banks failed customers, they took refuge in shariah-based wings of conventional lenders