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Bangla QR payments to become cheaper, instant for merchants from tomorrow: BB
30 September 2026
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Bangladesh Bank keeps policy rate unchanged in its first ever quarterly monetary policy
30 September 2026
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Five banks to raise Tk 3,500cr through bonds
29 September 2026
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Bangladesh Bank bars profit from Islamic credit cards
29 September 2026
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ADB to give Modern Syntex $50 million for polyester chips project
29 September 2026
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Two more banks eye Standard Chartered Bangladesh's retail business
28 September 2026
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Nurul Amin becomes Global Islami Bank chairman
Mohammed Nurul Amin has been appointed as an independent director and chairman of Global Islami Bank following his selection by the Bangladesh Bank..Amin currently serves as an adviser to iPay Systems Ltd, a digital payment service provider..During a career spanning over 41 years, he
31 August 2024
Sadiqul Islam appointed chairman of Social Islami Bank
Prof M Sadiqul Islam was recently elected chairman of Social Islami Bank during its 516th board meeting..Islam, who has over 38 years of experience at the University of Dhaka, is currently serving as a professor in the department of finance..He is also an independent director of Walt
31 August 2024
NRB Bank opens Kalampur branch in Dhamrai
NRB Bank recently launched a Kalampur branch in the capital’s Dhamrai..Md Omar Faruk Khan, managing director and CEO (current charge) of the bank, inaugurated the branch as the chief guest, according to a press release..Mirza Md Year Hossain, a noted social worker, was present as sp
31 August 2024
‘I was forced to step down’
Islami Bank’s former managing director Abdul Mannan had not appeared or spoken publicly since S Alam Group took control of the bank in March 2017.
30 August 2024
Exim Bank freed from the grip of Mazumder
The control of influential businessman Nazrul Islam Mazumder over Exim Bank ended yesterday as the Bangladesh Bank reconstituted the board of the Shariah-based lender.
29 August 2024
StanChart Saadiq Bangladesh recognised at The Asset Triple A Islamic Finance Awards
Standard Chartered Saadiq Bangladesh has been recognised as the country’s “Islamic Bank of the Year”, “Best Islamic SME Bank”, and “Best Islamic Retail Bank” at The Asset Triple A Islamic Finance Awards 2024..This year, Standard Chartered Saadiq won a total of 38 awards..The franchis
29 August 2024
Sadiqul Islam becomes Social Islami Bank chairman
M Sadiqul Islam, a professor of the department of finance at the University of Dhaka, was elected chairman of Social Islami Bank yesterday while Md Anisul Hoque, representative of Hamdard Laboratories (Waqf) Bangladesh, got the post of vice-chairman..The board of directors organised a meet
29 August 2024
Prime Bank, Toyota-Navana strike deal on EMI facility
Prime Bank recently signed a partnership agreement with Toyota–Navana Limited, an authorised distributor of brand-new Toyota vehicles in Bangladesh..Md Nazeem A Choudhury, deputy managing director of the bank, and Md Ali Ehsan, head of after-sales operations at Toyota-Navana Limited, penne
29 August 2024
Dhaka Bank donates Tk 2cr for flood victims
Dhaka Bank donated a financial relief package worth Tk 2 crore for flood-affected people in various districts of the country..The sum was deposited to the Chief Adviser’s Relief and Welfare Fund and will be mobilised to meet the essential needs of the victims..AMM Moyen Uddin, deputy
29 August 2024
SBAC Bank, Grameenphone sign deal on transactions and promotional services
SBAC Bank recently signed an agreement with Grameenphone to provide transaction and promotional bulk SMS and value-added digital services..Habibur Rahman, managing director and chief executive officer of the bank, and Asif Naimur Rashid, chief business officer of the telecom operator, penn
29 August 2024
Nazrul Islam Mazumder removed from Exim Bank board
BB forms new five-member board for Exim, keeping three shareholder directors unchanged
29 August 2024
White paper to focus on mega projects, not all dev projects: Debapriya
The 12-member panel held its first meeting today, the next one on Sep 3
29 August 2024
BB hikes banks’ agri loan disbursement targets
The banks have to disburse Tk 38,000 crore in FY25, a target 8.75% higher year-on-year
29 August 2024
The long, dark past of UCB
The central bank has just reconstituted the board of United Commercial Bank (UCB) for financial wrongdoings, but it has a darker past – a takeover at gunpoint by a politically influential family over a quarter of a century ago.
28 August 2024
Muslim Chowdhury becomes new chairman of Sonali Bank
Mohammad Muslim Chowdhury, former comptroller and auditor general of Bangladesh and secretary to the Finance Division, has been appointed as director and chairman of Sonali Bank for the next three years..The Financial Institutions Division under the finance ministry yesterday issued a circ
28 August 2024
Shimanto Bank stands beside flood victims
Shimanto Bank recently donated money equivalent to one day’s salary of bank officials and also from the bank’s corporate social responsibility fund for the flood-affected people in different districts of the country..The financial aid will be given to the Chief Adviser’s Relief and Welfare
28 August 2024
Southeast Bank donates Tk 3cr to flood victims
Southeast Bank recently donated a financial relief package worth Tk 3 crore for flood-affected people in different districts of the country, namely Feni, Cumilla, Noakhali, Lakshmipur, Brahmanbaria, Chattogram, Khagrachari, Rangamati, Habiganj and Sunamganj..Of the sum, the bank deposited
28 August 2024
Al-Arafah Islami Bank opens Keranihat branch
Al-Arafah Islami Bank recently launched its Keranihat branch in Chattogram’s Satkania Upazila..Khalilur Rahman, chairman of KDS Group and president of the Chattogram Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce & Industry, inaugurated the bank’s 222nd branch as chief guest, according to a press releas
28 August 2024
Islami Bank Bangladesh declares Tk 10cr for flood victims
Islami Bank Bangladesh declared a financial relief package worth Tk 10 crore for flood-affected people in different districts of the country..The decision was taken on Tuesday during a board of directors meeting, which was held virtually, according to a press release..Md Obayed Ullah
28 August 2024
Pubali Bank organises business conference in Bogura
Pubali Bank recently organised its “2nd Business Conference-2024” for operation managers, sub-branch managers and Islamic banking window managers in the Bogura region..Mohammad Ali, managing director and chief executive officer of the bank, attended as chief guest, according to a press rel
28 August 2024