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BB rolls out rules to enlist mediators for resolving loan defaults
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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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No bar to hijab while using ATM booths, says BB

There is no bar to wearing hijab while using ATM booths, Bangladesh Bank clarified the matter in a statement on Thursday.
18 February 2016

StanChart's senior official in town

Ananth Narayan, regional head of financial markets in Asean and South Asia for Standard Chartered, is in Dhaka on a three-day visit, the bank said in a statement.
17 February 2016

East European among ATM frauds

Police claim to have identified a foreigner, an East European, in connection to the ATM forgery from close circuit camera footage of a booth.
17 February 2016

BB orders tighter security for ATMs

The central bank yesterday asked all banks to tighten security, including installing anti-skimming devices at their ATM booths, in a bid to crack down on rising card frauds.
14 February 2016

BB probing dubious transactions in EBL ATM booths

A Bangladesh Bank official says the central bank is investigating dubious transactions in the Eastern Bank Ltd (EBL) ATM booths and action would be taken against him if negligence by anybody is found.
13 February 2016

Janata Bank reaches targets for 2015

Janata Bank has reached all but one of the performance targets for 2015, including reducing classified loans and making a profit.
10 February 2016

HC asks for probe reports on BASIC Bank loan scam

The High Court directs the Anti-Corruption Commission and Bangladesh Bank to submit probe reports on BASIC Bank loan scam.
9 February 2016

Credit growth up in Dec

Private-sector credit growth reached 14.19 percent in December 2015, which is 0.69 percentage point higher year-on-year.
7 February 2016

BB's deputy governors may get extension

Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday hinted that the tenure of three deputy governors of Bangladesh Bank would be extended.
1 February 2016

National Bank moves to sell SA Oil Refinery's mortgaged assets

National Bank Ltd has put up advertisements to sell off the mortgaged properties of SA Oil Refinery that failed to repay the lender about Tk 215 crore.
1 February 2016

Britain's HSBC back online after cyber attack

British bank HSBC said Saturday that its Internet and mobile banking services were fully up and running again after it was hit by a cyber-
30 January 2016

Allow review plea of Farmers Bank, SC asks BB

The Supreme Court directs Bangladesh Bank to allow Farmers Bank to seek review of the central bank’s order that fined the bank Tk 10 lakh for concealing information.
28 January 2016

bKash revolutionising banking for poor: Bill Gates

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the world's largest philanthropic organisation, has in the past given away money, much of it to fight infectious diseases. Now it has a new strategy of investing in technologies that can make goods and services affordable to the poor.
24 January 2016

Barclays bank to cut 1,000 jobs

Troubled British bank Barclays is to make a new round of job cuts, axing more than 1,000 positions across its New York, London and
21 January 2016

Farmers Bank hits controversy

Rubel Brothers and Apollo Multipurpose Agro Industries are loan defaulters of state-owned BASIC and Janata banks respectively and yet had no trouble getting fresh loans from the Farmers Bank.
18 January 2016

Merge weak banks with strong ones: analysts

The government should consider merging weak banks with the strong ones for the betterment of the sector and the economy, analysts said yesterday.
16 January 2016

Central bank cuts policy rates

The central bank has cut its policy rates for the first time in three years in an effort to spur investment and the GDP growth.
14 January 2016

Challenges to banks' good governance

BANGLADESH Bank is committed to establishing good governance practices in banks and financial institutions besides fulfilling its core objectives like employment maximisation and price stability in the country.
13 January 2016

Banks borrow from BB after a four-year gap

After a gap of more than four years, some commercial banks have recently borrowed money from the central bank through repo auction.
13 January 2016

EBL Nest: a hotbed of creativity

As is common in big institutions, ideas of those lower down the hierarchy tend to get lost.
12 January 2016