Southeast Bank’s sponsor gifts 1.3 lakh shares to son
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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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19 August 2026 Business
Borrowers of NBFIs must withdraw lawsuits to get policy support
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17 August 2026 Business
BB sets 54% higher agri and rural credit target
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17 August 2026 Business
City Bank to raise authorised capital to Tk 3,000 crore
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Cashless push faces infrastructure, trust barriers: BB
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Bangladesh Bank cancels contract of chief economist
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12 August 2026 Business

HC scraps its order to probe loan scams in three banks

The High Court yesterday scrapped its suomoto (voluntary) rule that directed the authorities concerned to probe the alleged loan scams in Islami Bank, Social Islami Bank and First Security Islami Bank.
30 April 2024

Tax revenue’s 43% spent on govt salaries

Public employees’ pay rises 406% in 12 years, a PRI study finds
30 April 2024

Shams Zaman, PwC Bangladesh’s new country managing partner

He has over 28 years of professional experience
30 April 2024

Renata’s Q3 profit grows 21%

The drugmaker’s nine months’ profit exceeds FY22’s full year figure
29 April 2024

Nat’l Bank not up for merger

National Bank officials do not want the bank to merge with another entity.
28 April 2024

Banks asked to increase forex inflow

Bangladesh Bank today sat with five leading private commercial banks
28 April 2024

National Bank continues incurring losses

It made a loss of Tk 1,497 crore in 2023, down from Tk 3,285 crore in 2022
28 April 2024

Islami Bank to issue Tk 1,000 crore bond to strengthen capital

Islami Bank Bangladesh, the largest and oldest shariah-based bank in the country, today announced that it would borrow Tk 1,000 crore through the issuance of bonds to improve its capital adequacy in line with Basel-III.
25 April 2024

Singer incurs losses in Q1

The home appliance maker counted a loss of Tk 2.1 crore in Jan-Mar quarter
24 April 2024

Heidelberg Bangladesh’s sales drop, but profit rises

The company gives credit to fall in administration, distribution costs and selling expenses
24 April 2024

Mohammad Abu Jafar, new managing director of Premier Bank

He has 34 years of experience in banking
24 April 2024

Deposits safe in banks being merged: BB

Money deposited by individuals and institutions with banks, which have decided to go for mergers, will remain completely safe and secure, Bangladesh Bank said in a statement yesterday.
23 April 2024
23 April 2024

Padma Bank MD resigns

NRB Bank appoints him as MD after that
23 April 2024

Depositors’ money in merged banks will remain completely safe: BB

Accountholders of merged banks will be able to maintain their respective accounts as before
23 April 2024

Aziz Mohammad Bhai buys 27 lakh new shares of Olympic Industries

He now holds 17 percent or Tk 499 crore worth of shares of the company
22 April 2024

BDBL board okays merger with Sonali Bank

As of December 2023, BDBL had Tk 982 crore bad loans and Sonali Tk 13,150 crore
21 April 2024

Basic, National Bank Mergers: People withdrawing money in panic

A recent rush to withdraw money from the BASIC Bank and National Bank is worsening the situation the troubled institutions are facing.
20 April 2024

Pubali Bank posts highest ever annual profit in 2023

The bank made Tk 695.12 crore, a 30% rise year-on-year
20 April 2024

Bank Asia moves a step closer to Bank Alfalah acquisition

A day earlier, Karachi-based Bank Alfalah disclosed the information on the Pakistan Stock exchange.
19 April 2024