No profit haircut for Sammilito Islami Bank depositors: BB governor
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Bangla QR transactions double after mandatory rollout
24 August 2026
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No-frill account deposits rise 24% in Apr-Jun
23 August 2026
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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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Seven banks post negative credit growth
Seven banks out of the total of 56 posted negative year-on-year credit growth in August -- a manifestation of the central bank's growing compliance requirements.
25 October 2015
State banks pass hard times as loan growth stalls
State-owned commercial banks are struggling to get new business in a market that is becoming increasingly competitive, data from Bangladesh Bank shows.
22 October 2015
Brac Bank makes account opening easy
Opening a bank account was not so easy even a few years ago. But with the advancement of technology and the central bank's
20 October 2015
New chief information officer for Sonali Bank
Md Mofazzal Hossain has recently been appointed as the chief information officer of Sonali Bank.
19 October 2015
Banks hit by crisis of cash dollars
Huge outflow of foreign currency during Hajj and Eid-ul-Azha has created a crisis of cash US dollar in Bangladesh, according to market players and the regulator.
19 October 2015
BASIC's fight to get back on feet
State-owned BASIC Bank, which succumbed to reckless lending during the tenure of its controversial chairman Sheikh Abdul Hye
17 October 2015
Banks caught in Bismillah Group scam are yet to retrieve any fund
The five local banks that lent Tk 1,100 crore to the fraudulent Bismillah Towels Group are yet to recover a single penny three and a half years after the scam was detected.
14 October 2015
Banks donate Tk 25.8cr to PM's fund
Local private commercial banks donated Tk 25.80 crore to the Prime Minister's Relief Fund on Monday, said Nazrul Islam Mazumder,
13 October 2015
BB steps in to execute jute packaging law
The central bank has stepped in to help the government implement the jute packaging law, which remains pending due to resistance by
12 October 2015
Govt gives nod to IFC's taka bond
The taka is set to make its debut in the international bond market as the government gave approval to the International Finance
10 October 2015
Primary teachers suspend movement
The demonstrating head teachers of government primary schools suspend their movement following the assurance from the government high-ups and considering the upcoming school examinations.
5 October 2015
Mina stampede: Bangladeshi death toll now 51
At least 51 Bangladeshis are among those killed in the September 24 stampede in Makkah.
5 October 2015
BB permits online payment of visa fees
The central bank has allowed online payment of visa processing fees through international credit card (ICC) as per the requirement of concerned embassies and high commissions.
4 October 2015
US working with Bangladesh to verify ‘IS claims’: Envoy
US Ambassador Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat says her country is working with the Bangladesh government to verify the alleged IS claims of killing two foreign nationals in Bangladesh last week.
4 October 2015
Boy allegedly shot by Gaibandha MP
A 10-year-old boy is injured as a local MP allegedly shot him at Sundarganj upazila of Gaibandha, the victim’s family claims.
2 October 2015
Ex-DGM of defunct Oriental Bank sent to jail
A Dhaka court yesterday sent former Deputy General Manager of now defunct Oriental Bank Imamul Haque to jail in connection with a case filed for embezzling Tk 1.7 crore from the bank.
27 September 2015
Australia’s fear ‘baseless’: Home minister
There is no such militant threat in Bangladesh, minister tells a day after Australian cricket board delayed its scheduled tour citing “security threat”.
27 September 2015
BASIC Bank scam: ACC files 3 more cases
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) files three more cases with Dhaka’s Gulshan Police Station in connection with the swindling of money from state-run Basic Bank.
23 September 2015
BB detects cash theft
An official of State Bank of India's Bangladesh operation was caught as he attempted to steal Tk 5 lakh from outside the central bank
22 September 2015
Bangladesh’s anti-graft watchdog files 23 more cases
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday filed 23 more cases in connection with the Tk 5,000-crore BASIC Bank scam between 2010 and 2013.
22 September 2015