Muhammad Arifur Rahman

When a bank loses money through bad financing, lending too much to a few connected borrowers, or fails to recover even normal loans, someone has to bear that loss. And, as per the mudarabah principle, customers would primarily bear that loss, with a few exceptions.

The banking sector in Bangladesh ended 2025 with non-performing loans (NPLs) of over Tk 5.57 lakh crore, 30.6 percent of the total outstanding loans in the country.

Maternity benefit is a well-recognised statutory right of employed women across the world, including in Bangladesh.