Bangladesh Bank today fixed the instruments which will be considered as stock market investment for non-bank financial institutions.

From now on, no charges or fees can be imposed on the customers before the activation of the credit cards, Bangladesh Bank said in a notice today.

IFIC Bank is set to sell its entire holding of Nepal Bangladesh Bank Ltd (NBBL) to a Nepalese national for Tk 439 crore.

IFIC Bank is set to sell its entire holding of Nepal Bangladesh Bank to a Nepalese national at Tk 439 crore.

The Bangladesh Bank yesterday appointed Md Habibur Rahman as its new chief economist.

Heavy dependence on banks for long-term funding is weakening the financial health of local lenders, according to analysts.

Bangladesh Bank yesterday asked banks to appropriately provide relevant data of inland letters of credit (LCs) to the online import monitoring system (OIMS).

Bangladesh Bank yesterday ordered non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) not to disburse loans using cheques of current accounts they have to maintain with the central bank.

The Bangladesh Bank today asked banks to submit the required data of inland letters of credit (LCs) to the online import monitoring system (OIMS) appropriately.

Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) ordered managing director of NRB Bank to take department action against its chief financial officer, Kamrul Hasan, and all officials of its investment banking unit for their involvement in illegal share business.

The Bangladesh Bank today instructed banks to continue running their operations with 50 per cent of employees until February 21 in order to tackle the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic.

Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd (IBBL) has sent a rejoinder to a report headlined “6pc private bankers lose jobs during pandemic” published in The Daily Star on February 1.

AB Bank Limited and Grameenphone recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) over providing digital services to each other.

Private sector credit growth in Bangladesh accelerated to 10.68 per cent in December rising for the seventh consecutive month as the economy rebounds from the coronavirus pandemic.

A staggering 7,167 bankers lost jobs between April 2020 and September last year as private commercial banks desperately tried to cut operational costs amid a business slowdown brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.

There is good news for about six lakh freelancers in the country as they now will get a 4 per cent incentive against export of software or IT-enabled services.

The Bangladesh Bank plans to bar banks from providing financial services through social media platforms as it poses data security risk, a move that may nip the initiative aimed at popularising digital banking in the bud.

The Bangladesh Bank has postponed state banks’ recruitment tests scheduled to start from February 1 due to the recent spread of the coronavirus pandemic.

Syed Ershad Ahmed has been re-elected as the president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Bangladesh (AmCham) for 2021-22 tenure.

Banks and payment service providers have been asked to prepare business continuity plan (BCP) so that their operations remain unhurt during any future economic disasters like the ongoing pandemic.