Bangla QR transactions double after mandatory rollout
24 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
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
City Bank raises $26m for Doreen Power
City Bank has recently arranged $26 million in funds for Doreen Group to help it set up a 53.9-megawatt heavy fuel
25 December 2017
BB rejects Tk 1,439cr compensation demand of BKB, Rakub
The central bank has shot down requests for compensation of Tk 1,439 crore from Bangladesh Krishi Bank and
25 December 2017
Alam becomes ED of Bangladesh Bank
Md Shah Alam has recently been promoted to the post of executive director of Bangladesh Bank.
24 December 2017
ABB elects new office bearers
Syed Mahbubur Rahman, managing director of Dhaka Bank, has been elected as the chairman of the Association of
24 December 2017
Grameen Bank election for directors soon: Muhith
The much overdue election for Grameen Bank's board, which the award-winning microlender has been soliciting for
24 December 2017
Most banks adopt centralised systems
A total of 88 percent of banks in Bangladesh have put in place centralised core banking systems, which are allowing them to avert fraud, cut cost and provide real-time services online to customers, according to a new research.
23 December 2017
BB under pressure to allow another new bank
The finance ministry has forwarded yet another proposal for a new bank to the Bangladesh Bank for its vetting -- at a time when the financial health of the nine fourth generation banks is deteriorating.
23 December 2017
Russia’s Globex bank says hackers targeted its SWIFT computers
Hackers tried to steal 55 million roubles ($940,000) from Russian state bank Globex using the SWIFT international payments messaging system, the bank said on Thursday, the latest in a string of attempted cyber heists that use fraudulent wire-transfer requests.
23 December 2017
School banking deposits cross Tk 1,200cr
School banking is gradually getting a huge response among students across the country as deposits with the banking accounts
21 December 2017
BASIC Bank losing battle with default loans
Welltex Group, the top defaulter of BASIC Bank who was allowed to reschedule loans under a special arrangement by the Bangladesh
21 December 2017
BB blocks funds of two banks
Bangladesh Bank has frozen Tk 51 crore from ONE Bank's current account with the banking regulator and Tk 25 crore from Premier
19 December 2017
Workshop for Bangladeshi bankers starts in Bangkok today
A three-day workshop on international trade finance for more than 50 Bangladeshi bankers begins in Thailand today.
19 December 2017
Farmers Bank MD removed
Bangladesh Bank removes Farmers Bank Managing Director AKM Shameem as he failed to maintain the rules of the central bank.
19 December 2017
NRB Bank reelects chairman
Mohammed Mahtabur Rahman has recently been re-elected as chairman of NRB Bank for next three years, said the
18 December 2017
WB gives another $245m to help ensure efficiency of safety net schemes
The World Bank has approved an additional $245 million to help Bangladesh improve equity, efficiency and
18 December 2017
Insurance fair begins in Sylhet on Friday
A two-day insurance fair will begin in Sylhet on Friday with a view to raising people's trust in insurers.
18 December 2017
Another non-bank falls prey to graft, loan irregularities
Corruption and loan irregularities by board members are pushing yet another financial institution towards the brink
18 December 2017
Board gives Tk 17cr to ease cash crunch
The newly reconstituted board of Farmers Bank has injected Tk 17 crore into the bank to help the trouble-hit lender deal with the
17 December 2017
Agrani spurns BB, keeps open Canada exchange house
Agrani Bank has kept open a thoroughly loss-making exchange house in Canada for the last one and half years by defying Bangladesh
16 December 2017
NKorean hackers behind attacks on cryptocurrency exchanges, SKorean newspaper reports
South Korea’s spy agency said North Korean hackers were behind attacks on cryptocurrency exchanges this year in which some 7.6 billion won ($6.99 million) worth of cryptocurrencies were stolen, a newspaper reports.
16 December 2017