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BFIU directs banks to disclose linked accounts after freeze
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NCC Bank gets nod for 20 Islamic branches
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Borrowers of NBFIs must withdraw lawsuits to get policy support
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BB sets 54% higher agri and rural credit target
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Pubali Bank reappoints additional MD

Safiul Alam Khan Chowdhury has recently been reappointed additional managing director of Pubali Bank for three years.
1 January 2019

Banks post hefty operating profits despite challenges

Private banks reported hefty operating profit in the just concluded year, helped by the much higher interest rate on lending than that on deposits.
1 January 2019

Banks' capital rises, but artificially

The banking sector's capital base strengthened in the third quarter of the year as state-run Sonali Bank got a shot in the arm from the central bank as it exercised its 'regulatory forbearance' right.
27 December 2018

Farmers Bank to take new name amid image crisis

Farmers Bank is set to be renamed Padma Bank as the troubled bank looks to sweep the gross irregularities and loan scams under the carpet and get an image makeover.
23 December 2018

Election fuels bank borrowing

The government's borrowing from the banking system shot up in the last two months to meet its expenditure ahead of the national election scheduled next week.
22 December 2018

Banks shut Dec 28-31

All banks will remain closed on the last four days of the year because of weekend, general holiday for election and bank holiday.
20 December 2018

BB steps in to clear backlog of cases

The central bank has agreed to sit with the Law Commission after top bankers called for steps to bail banks out of a huge backlog of court cases related to nonperforming loans.
19 December 2018

Bank Asia gets new independent director

Ashraful Haq Chowdhury has recently been elected as independent director of Bank Asia.
18 December 2018

LARGE LOAN RESTRUCTURING: FAVOUR PROVES FUTILE

On January 29, 2015, the Bangladesh Bank issued a new large loan restructuring policy to stand by big borrowers in trouble.
16 December 2018

BB to release new notes

New notes of Tk 2 and Tk 5 denominations will be released from Bangladesh Bank's Motijheel office today. The two new notes will carry
11 December 2018

EBL to issue Tk 500cr bonds

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission has allowed Eastern Bank Ltd to raise Tk 500 crore by issuing floating non-
11 December 2018

$500m WB loan for dairy, livestock

The World Bank (WB) on Saturday approved a $500 million loan to help improve livestock and dairy production to meet the growing demand for egg, meat and milk and raise nutritional intakes of the Bangladeshis.
9 December 2018

Development plans should be climate-smart: ADB

Bangladesh should introduce environment-friendly public transport for both short and long distances to significantly reduce heat-trapping emissions and effectively address climate change effects, ADB's country director said yesterday.
28 November 2018

WorldRemit to deliver remittance via bKash

WorldRemit, a global digital money transfer service, joined hands with Brac Bank and bKash to offer remittance transfer services in Bangladesh.
27 November 2018

Govt's bank borrowing soars ahead of polls

The government has started borrowing heavily from banks in November after holding back in the previous three months to meet its growing cash requirement ahead of the national election in the next month.
27 November 2018

Prime Bank DMD made conf'ce scientific member

Md Touhidul Alam Khan, deputy managing director of Prime Bank, has recently been selected as a scientific committee member of 7th Annual International Sustainable Development Conference-2019, scheduled to take place in Bangkok next July.
24 November 2018

BIBM proposes Tk 200cr credit guarantee scheme for SMEs

The Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM) yesterday proposed the government launch a Tk 200 crore credit guarantee scheme to encourage banks to lend more to small and medium enterprises.
15 November 2018

Agent banking expands fast

Agent banking, which takes banking services to the unbanked people, is going from strength to strength, with both deposit collection and loan disbursement on the rise.
15 November 2018

Dhaka Bank CEO reappointed

Dhaka Bank has recently witnessed the reappointment of Syed Mahbubur Rahman as managing director and CEO.
11 November 2018

Bank Asia brings banking services to apparel workers

Bangladesh's efforts to deepen financial inclusion took a step forward yesterday as Bank Asia launched the country's first-ever complete banking services on the premises of a garment factory.
10 November 2018