Digital services of 30 banks restored
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7 October 2026 • Business
BB expands export refinance scheme to Tk 7,000 crore
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1 October 2026 • Business
Remittance inflow hits 11-month low
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1 October 2026 • Top News
Five banks to raise Tk 3,500cr through bonds
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29 September 2026 • Business

Prioritise sustainable revenue generation, IMF tells Dhaka

IMF mission concluded its 15-day visit to Bangladesh today
8 May 2024

Tk 34,000 crore investment proposals came in Jan-Mar: Bida

302 industries will make the investments
7 May 2024

Crawling peg system: A welcome step but will it be enough to boost reserves?

The crawling peg system for the taka is a delayed and, perhaps, inadequate response to the bleeding of forex reserves. Some economists suggest the central bank should go beyond this formula and open the exchange rate to market forces to stop the continuous erosion of reserves. Either way, exporters and remitters will celebrate more flexibility in the exchange rate.
7 May 2024

BB dissolves NBL board again

Bangladesh Bank has dissolved the board of directors of National Bank Ltd, just five months after restructuring it.
5 May 2024

Bangladesh Bank again dissolves National Bank board

The bank’s sponsor director Khalilur Rahman made the new chairman
5 May 2024

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