Southeast Bank’s sponsor gifts 1.3 lakh shares to son
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Business
BB rolls out rules to enlist mediators for resolving loan defaults
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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
Banks can't impose any fine on supervision charges: BB
New guideline on supervision charge issued
18 March 2024
‘Govt agencies extorting restaurants in the name of raids’
The Bangladesh Restaurant Owners' Association (BROA) claims
18 March 2024
Exim Bank, Padma sign MoU for merger
The MoU will open the process of merger
18 March 2024
How far a tough central bank can help?
All stakeholders, including the citizenry, have for years been warning about the deteriorating health of Bangladesh's banking sector. Hard data such as those on the prevalence of default loans have also been indicating the same. .A recent Bangladesh Bank report is the latest to reaffirm
16 March 2024
BRAC Bank launches bancassurance service
The bank will initially offer insurance products from MetLife Bangladesh and Green Delta Insurance
14 March 2024
Forex reserves fall below $20 billion after import payments
$1.29 billion import bills cleared last week, which brought down the reserves to $19.99 billion on Wednesday
14 March 2024
SM Mannan Kochi nominated as new BGMEA president
Syed Nazrul Islam new first vice-president and Khandoker Rafiqul Islam senior vice-president
14 March 2024
First-ever guideline for non-banks’ independent directors
The minimum age of such directors is 45 years and maximum 75 years
13 March 2024
Ban on foreign travel, trade licence, national award for wilful defaulters
Bangladesh Bank issues new guideline on wilful defaulters today
12 March 2024
Banks can voluntarily merge until December: Bangladesh Bank
After December, the central bank will take decision on merger, acquisition
12 March 2024
Banks to face half-an-hour downtime for four days from today
Banks should use alternative channels for card-based interbank transactions from 10:30pm to 11pm
11 March 2024
SM Mannan Kochi all set to be next BGMEA president
Kochi bagged all 35 posts of directors in the biennial election for 2024-26 tenure
9 March 2024
Good jobs hunting
According to Deloitte’s 2023 Gen Z and Millennial Survey, 49 percent of Gen Zs and 62 percent of millennials view work as part of their identity.
9 March 2024
Unilever Consumer Care’s profit surges 32%
Its earnings per share hit Tk 49.89 in 2023, up from 2022's Tk 37.9
9 March 2024
Farashuddin recommends introducing unified exchange rate
He spoke at the third AKN Ahmed Memorial Lecture on Central Banking
8 March 2024
DSE Ramadan trading hour 10am to 1:30pm
The Dhaka bourse also cuts Ramadan office time to 3:30pm
7 March 2024
Gold price makes new record
From March 7, a bhori of 22-carat gold will cost Tk 112,907
6 March 2024
Moringa stick imports rise ahead of Ramadan
Businesses brought in 400 tonnes of the vegetable in February
6 March 2024
Asiatic Laboratories’ stock market debut tomorrow
The company earlier raised Tk 95 crore through IPO
5 March 2024
BB's repo facility to be weekly, not daily
The scope for banks to avail Bangladesh Bank’s (BB) repo facility is set to narrow as relevant auctions will be held weekly instead of daily from upcoming July.
4 March 2024