Meghna Bank to raise ৳400 crore through subordinated bond
25 August 2026
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Business
No-frill account deposits rise 24% in Apr-Jun
23 August 2026
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Banks
Southeast Bank’s sponsor gifts 1.3 lakh shares to son
20 August 2026
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Business
BB rolls out rules to enlist mediators for resolving loan defaults
20 August 2026
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Business
World Bank studying feasibility of mortgage refinance company in Bangladesh
20 August 2026
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Business
IFC commits $30.7 million loan to Popular Pharmaceuticals for API imports
19 August 2026
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Business
BFIU directs banks to disclose linked accounts after freeze
19 August 2026
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Business
NCC Bank gets nod for 20 Islamic branches
19 August 2026
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Business
Borrowers of NBFIs must withdraw lawsuits to get policy support
17 August 2026
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Business
City Bank plans to raise authorised capital to Tk 3,000 crore
16 August 2026
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Business
NBR seeks to freeze Premier Bank's account
The revenue authority yesterday requested Bangladesh Bank to freeze the current account of Premier Bank on allegation of evasion of
31 October 2017
BB asks banks to tighten offshore lending
Bangladesh Bank has asked banks to tighten their lending in foreign currency through their offshore banking units with the view to
30 October 2017
Japanese megabanks embrace AI, robot tech
The irresistible shift toward digitisation is sweeping through Japan’s three megabanks. Amid a drive toward greater efficiency and higher profits, artificial intelligence and robot technology are increasingly replacing roles typically handled by thousands of bank employees.
30 October 2017
Brac Bank's profit surges 50pc
Brac Bank's profit after tax surged 50 percent year-on-year to Tk 397.3 crore in the first nine months this year.
26 October 2017
New DMD for Al-Arafah Islami Bank
Mohammed Zubair Wafa has recently joined Al-Arafah Islami Bank as deputy managing director, the bank said in a press release yesteday.
25 October 2017
BB grills NRBC Bank CEO over loan scandal
Bangladesh Bank has grilled NRB Commercial Bank's Managing Director Dewan Mujibur Rahman on charge of his alleged involvement in a
24 October 2017
Abrar raises benchmark for Bangladeshi bankers
Banks will have to put in place the right strategies, IT infrastructure and skilled employees to protect themselves from cyber and
23 October 2017
Mercantile Bank organises reunion with Udayan startups
Mercantile Bank organised a get-together with startup entrepreneurs availing its new product “Udayan” at the bank's training institute in
21 October 2017
Bangladesh spends Tk 500cr on printing currency
Bangladesh has to spend around Tk 500 crore to print new currency notes and coins a year, a figure that may puzzle many people including policymakers.
18 October 2017
UCB steering Bangladesh to a cashless economy
The future is digital, it is often touted. And that is where United Commercial Bank is firmly heading with its revolutionary mobile application Upay, which was rolled out in Bangladesh on Tuesday.
18 October 2017
Global accolade for HSBC Bangladesh
HSBC has been voted “Best Domestic Cash Manager” for corporates in Bangladesh in the Euromoney Cash Management Survey 2017, the
15 October 2017
Islami Bank lending aggressively
Islami Bank's new management has taken on a spirited approach to lending, with its loan-deposit ratio sitting dangerously close to the
15 October 2017
BB rejects First Security's fund transfer appeal
First Security Islami Bank's plan to purchase floor space in Italy for its exchange house has collapsed after the central bank turned
14 October 2017
New additional managing director for UCB
Arif Quadri has recently been promoted as additional managing director of United Commercial Bank.
10 October 2017
BB instructs banks not to reject foreign cheques or drafts
Bangladesh Bank has asked banks not to send back clients who present foreign cheques and bankers' draft with the view to arranging
9 October 2017
PayPal to launch services Oct 19
International online payment gateway PayPal is finally gearing up to launch its services in Bangladesh.
9 October 2017
A serial defaulter in BB
At a time when the Bangladesh Bank is struggling to tackle the rising bad loans in the banking sector, it found out that one of its
8 October 2017
Banks lack disaster recovery plan: BIBM study
Some 78 percent of banks in Bangladesh do not have a disaster recovery plan in place, putting themselves at risk of those spawning from various calamities, according to a survey.
5 October 2017
BB rejects City request to set up subsidiary in HK
Bangladesh Bank has declined to give City Bank the permission to set up a subsidiary company in Hong Kong given the declining imports from the Asian nation.
3 October 2017
Jamuna Bank: aiming for the top spot
Five years ago, with forged documents, Bismillah Towels made off with Tk 180 crore from Jamuna Bank -- an incident that instigated wholesale changes in the way the third generation lender functions.
27 September 2017