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
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
BB sets 54% higher agri and rural credit target
17 August 2026
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Business
City Bank to raise authorised capital to Tk 3,000 crore
17 August 2026
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Banks
Cashless push faces infrastructure, trust barriers: BB
13 August 2026
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Banks
Bangladesh Bank cancels contract of chief economist
12 August 2026
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Business
StanChart Saadiq wins Islamic awards
Standard Chartered Saadiq Bangladesh has been recognised as “Islamic Bank of the Year” and “Best Islamic Retail Bank” at The Asset Triple A Islamic Finance Awards 2021 yesterday.
29 August 2021
Brac Bank to raise Tk 600cr thru bonds
Brac Bank has decided to raise Tk 600 crore by issuing a non-convertible bond with a view to providing home loans to the country’s lower and middle income groups.
29 August 2021
BB extends relaxed loan classification policy
Bangladesh Bank has further extended the period during which its relaxed loan classification policy would stay in effect, given the ongoing business slowdown brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.
28 August 2021
HSBC, Beza, Brac to plant mangroves in Mirsarai
HSBC Bangladesh has recently partnered with Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (Beza) and Brac to grow mangrove plantations in Mirsarai.
26 August 2021
Using mortgage to build, own a property
Building homes or buying other properties require a large amount of funds. But there are many people who can’t afford to pay the entire cost out of their pockets.
26 August 2021
Bangladesh Bank lifts dollar sale to halt taka slide
After buying a record amount of US dollars last year, Bangladesh Bank has begun selling the American greenback following a decline in remittance and an increase in imports.
26 August 2021
Monthly MFS transaction limit remains unchanged
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) yesterday said that the highest monthly transaction limit of Tk 2 lakh from person to person through mobile financial services (MFS) would remain unchanged.
25 August 2021
Taliban name acting head of central bank
The Taliban have appointed an acting head of Afghanistan’s central bank to help ease growing economic turmoil, more than a week after the Islamist movement seized the capital Kabul, a statement said on Monday.
24 August 2021
Fintech: key to conveniences
When Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876, little he did know his invention would be a tool to transform life, society and economy hundred years later.
24 August 2021
Bengal Commercial Bank signs credit rating deal
Bengal Commercial Bank and Credit Rating Information & Services recently signed an agreement at the bank’s head office in Dhaka for the bank’s credit rating
24 August 2021
EBL, ADB sign trade financing deal
Eastern Bank has recently signed an agreement with Asian Development Bank (ADB) under a trade finance programme.
24 August 2021
Mercantile Bank Securities reelects chairman, vice-chairman
Mercantile Bank Securities has recently witnessed the reelection of its chairman and vice-chairman at its 59th board meeting.
23 August 2021
Tk 3,000cr refinance scheme for farmers
The Bangladesh Bank yesterday decided to roll out a fresh refinance scheme worth Tk 3,000 crore for the agriculture sector.
23 August 2021
Default loan rates highest in shipbreaking, SME
Shipbreaking and shipbuilding, small and medium enterprises, trading, agriculture and garment are the top five sectors that generated the highest level of bad loans in Bangladesh in 2020, official figures showed.
23 August 2021
High interest hurts farmers
While Bangladesh Bank set the interest rate of farm loans at eight percent, farmers are having to pay more than three times higher even in desperate times like the coronavirus pandemic.
22 August 2021
Islami Bank, Mastercard launch dual currency cards
Islami Bank Bangladesh yesterday launched Shariah-based dual currency Mastercard Titanium and Gold debit, World and Gold credit and prepaid cards.
22 August 2021
SBAC Bank appoints new AMD
The South Bangla Agriculture & Commerce (SBAC) Bank has recently witnessed the appointment of a new additional managing director.
21 August 2021
Make banking data available for clients
Banks and non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) should make their data available for clients so that they can verify the actual performance of every lender, analysts said yesterday.
19 August 2021
9-6pc interest rates helped banks improve health: Kamal
The 9 per cent and 6 per cent interest rates fixed respectively for lending and deposits have helped banks in improving their health, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said yesterday.
19 August 2021
Default loans surge close to Tk 1 lakh crore
Default loans in Bangladesh surged in the first half of 2021 as borrowers struggle to pay back due to the business slowdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
19 August 2021