The World Bank yesterday advised Bangladesh to merge its overlapping social safety net programmes, introduce a unified target,

Citigroup Inc's tie-ups with e-commerce companies in Asia such as ride-hailing firm Grab and online retailer Lazada Group are boosting

The government considers borrowing from the foreign currency reserves from next fiscal year and using the amount in mega projects.

The Bank of Japan has maintained its optimistic economic view on most of the country's nine regions but said some firms are

The US dollar retreated from seven-month highs on Monday as investors evaluated whether the Federal Reserve will let inflation run above

World Bank President Jim Yong Kim yesterday heaped praises upon Bangladesh, its people and leadership for becoming a model for

World Bank President Jim Yong Kim declares an additional USD 1 billion fund for Bangladesh to develop childcare in the country.

Brac Bank plans to raise Tk 500 crore by issuing subordinated bonds to expand business and consolidate capital base for fulfilling

Banks' overall capital rose 1.6 percent in the April-June quarter but the capital base of state banks shrank further though they were

The Asian Development Bank yesterday estimated Bangladesh's economic growth at 7.1 percent for fiscal 2015-16, which is higher

The government has once again deferred the release of the probe report on the Bangladesh Bank reserve heist for the sake of bringing back the money from the Philippines.

Retracting from a previous position, Bangladesh government says it will not be publishing “now” the probe report on US$101 million heist from central bank’s reserve in New York.

The SWIFT inter-bank messaging network will launch a new tool in December to help clients identify more quickly any unauthorised

Junaid Ahmad, a Bangladeshi economist, has taken over as the World Bank's new country director for India, replacing Onno Ruhl who

The SWIFT inter-bank messaging network plans to send daily reports to clients to help them more quickly identify unauthorised payment instructions like those used by hackers to steal $81 million from Bangladesh's central bank in February.

A Philippine regional trial court has ordered the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to return to the Bangladesh central bank a recovered portion of the $81 million that was stolen from the bank earlier this year, a government lawyer says.

The High Court asked Bangladesh Bank to carry out an inspection of NRB Commercial Bank after allegations of irregularities were

Islami Bank has put itself in good stead for future after it restructured its board with a dozen of new faces with experience and

Daily transactions via mobile phone declined 23.81 percent to Tk 587.99 crore on average in July from the previous month.

The call money market, which usually gets volatile during the Eid festivals due to cash withdrawal pressure, has remained calm this year, indicating lenders have adequate liquidity.