However, no profit will be given to those who withdraw their principal amount

A large portion of the profit came from lending to commercial banks and investments of the foreign exchange reserves

Fresh loan disbursements also fell a massive 83 percent year-on-year to $14 million in July

The fund will provide financing at a maximum of 7%

The funds will be used to rebuild damaged homes, restore livelihoods, repair educational institutions, and improve access to safe drinking water and sanitation facilities.

The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has appointed Nazneen Ahmed as its executive director (ED), effective from September 1, 2026

The move is expected to make it easier for foreign companies to participate in projects in Bangladesh

The bank's board approved the purchase decision on August 25, according to a disclosure posted on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) website today.

The bond will be non-convertible, unsecured and fully redeemable, with a floating coupon rate linked to the reference rate plus a 3 percent margin

Some 3.66 crore accounts now have Tk 9,010 crore

By way of gift, the shares will be given outside the trading system of the exchange within the next 30 working days with effect from August 17, 2026

The central bank issued the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Mediator Enlistment Guidelines, 2026, five months after it issued a notification on the selection of mediators for pre-suit mediation to enable banks to recover mounting bad loans

The proposed MRC could provide long-term refinancing to financial institutions, enabling them to expand their mortgage lending operations and potentially making housing finance more accessible

The financing will meet Popular’s US dollar working capital needs, mainly for importing APIs, which are critical raw materials for pharmaceutical production

The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has directed all reporting organisations to immediately provide information on a frozen account and other accounts linked to it after receiving a freeze order

Bangladesh Bank has given go-ahead to National Credit and Commerce Bank (NCC Bank) to convert 20 conventional banking branches into full-fledged Islamic banking branches.

Bangladesh Bank issues a new directive today

The increase will raise the total number of authorised ordinary shares from 200 crore to 300 crore

The private commercial lender’s customer deposits rose 25 percent and loan disbursement grew 18 percent

Bangladesh’s banking sector is facing a severe crisis of confidence, marked by liquidity shortages, delayed deposit repayments, restrictions on encashing matured deposit pension scheme (DPS) and fixed deposit receipt (FDR) accounts, and forced reinvestment