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
Cashless push faces infrastructure, trust barriers: BB
13 August 2026
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Banks
Bangladesh Bank cancels contract of chief economist
12 August 2026
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Business
Trade deals crucial for Bangladesh as LDC graduation nears: HSBC official
12 August 2026
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Business
BB considers Tk 1,000cr collateral-free loans for young entrepreneurs
12 August 2026
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Banks
Citizens Bank holds business conference
Citizens Bank PLC recently organised a business conference, styled “Chairman’s Invitation”, at The Westin Dhaka in the capital with a view to having better insights regarding the overall health of the bank..Chowdhury Mohammed Hanif Shoeb, chairman of the bank, attended the conference as th
20 October 2024
Uttara Bank holds anti-money laundering conference
Uttara Bank PLC recently organised the “Anti-Money Laundering Conference-2024” at a hotel in the capital..Mohammed Rabiul Hossain, managing director and CEO of the bank, attended the conference as chief guest, the bank said in a press release..Md Abul Hashem, deputy managing director
19 October 2024
Eastern Bank signs home loan deal with JCX Developments
Eastern Bank PLC recently signed an agreement with real estate company JCX Developments to offer home loans to the customers purchasing property from the latter..M Khorshed Anowar, deputy managing director and head of retail and SME banking of the bank, and M Muhit Hassan, director of the
19 October 2024
Discounts for Al-Arafah Mastercard holders on Star Tech purchases
Al-Arafah Islami Bank PLC recently signed an agreement with Star Tech Limited, a computer, laptop and gaming PC retail and online shop in Bangladesh, to offer exclusive discounts for the bank's Mastercard holders..Mohammed Fazlur Rahman Chowdhury, deputy managing director of the bank, and
19 October 2024
UCB strikes deal to enhance banking services for Dmoney
United Commercial Bank (UCB) PLC recently signed an agreement with payment service provider Dmoney Bangladesh to improve banking services for the latter’s customers. .Mohammad Arif Hossain, chief executive officer of Dmoney Bangladesh, and Nabil Mustafizur Rahman, additional managing direc
17 October 2024
BRAC Bank introduces financing for safe water, sanitation
BRAC Bank, in collaboration with Water.org, a global nonprofit organisation, and its microfinance partners, has introduced financing for safe water supply and sanitation. .The bank marked the launch through a ceremony, styled “Improving Lives through Water Supply and Sanitation” at the Lak
17 October 2024
MTB distributes loans among Garo farmers in Madhupur
Mutual Trust Bank (MTB) PLC recently organised a loan disbursement programme for Garo farmers at Madhupur upazila of Tangail, the bank said in a press release..Under this initiative, 27 farmers received cheques to cultivate pineapples and bananas..Several farmers were able to open MT
17 October 2024
TK Group signs deal with StanChart to boost import financing
Standard Chartered Bangladesh recently signed an agreement with Chattogram-based TK Group of Industries to provide the conglomerate with trade solutions such as liquidity support and import financing. .Luthful Arefin Khan, country head of transaction banking at the multinational bank, and
17 October 2024
Sk Trims completes paying all due dividends
The company’s managing director says today
17 October 2024
NRB Bank opens 11 Islamic banking windows
NRB Bank PLC recently opened 11 Islamic banking windows..The windows are situated at the bank's different branches in Dhaka, Chattogram, Sylhet, Cumilla and Barishal, said a press release..Tareq Reaz Khan, managing director of the bank, virtually inaugurated the windows as chief gues
16 October 2024
HSBC Innovation Forum discusses digitisation of trade and payments ecosystem
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC) Bangladesh recently arranged an event, titled, “HSBC Innovation Forum: Digital Transformation of Payments and Trade Solutions”..The event took place at The Westin Dhaka, where the forum discussed and highlighted the advancement o
16 October 2024
Social Islami Bank holds business review meeting
Social Islami Bank Limited recently arranged a business review meeting at its head office in Dhaka..Mohammad Forkanullah, managing director (acting) of the bank, attended the meeting as the chief guest, according to a press release..At the meeting, Forkanullah directed branch manager
16 October 2024
Prime Bank, Mart Promoters sign payroll deal
Prime Bank PLC recently signed a payroll solutions agreement with Mart Promoters, a property maintenance company in Chattogram..M Nazeem A Choudhury, deputy managing director of the bank, and Md Shakher Hossain, general manager of Mart Promoters, penned the deal at the latter’s office in t
16 October 2024
AB International Finance, Hong Kong holds 29th annual general meeting
AB International Finance Limited, Hong Kong, a subsidiary of AB Bank PLC, held its 29th annual general meeting (AGM) at the Silvercord Tower on Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui in Hong Kong’s Kowloon West today..Tarique Afzal, chairman of the bank, presided over the meeting, the bank said in a p
16 October 2024
FAS Finance’s board reconstituted for third time
Retired Major General Md Anwarul Islam made new chairman of the company
16 October 2024
Banks asked to freeze accounts of Mozammel Babu, his family members
Transactions in their personal and business accounts will also remain suspended for 30 days
14 October 2024
Banks asked to freeze accounts of Momtaz Begum
Transactions in her personal and business accounts will remain suspended for 30 days
14 October 2024
NCC Bank unveils four new products to support small businesses
NCC Bank has launched four new products to support cottage, micro, small and medium enterprise (CMSME) entrepreneurs, with credit facilities ranging from Tk 1 lakh to Tk 10 crore.
12 October 2024
Prime Bank signs deal with Ramada by Wyndham Cox’s Bazar
Prime Bank PLC has recently partnered with Ramada by Wyndham Cox’s Bazar.
12 October 2024
Grameen Bank’s tax waiver reinstated
The interim government has reinstated a tax exemption for Grameen Bank and offered it for the next five years, meaning until December 2029.
12 October 2024