Money changers can now sell up to $3,000 against travel entitlement
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Standard Chartered announces plan to sell wealth and retail business in Bangladesh
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Bangladesh Bank to inject more liquidity into National Bank to repay depositors
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Digital services of 30 banks restored
7 October 2026
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Q-Cash upgrade catches banks, customers off guard
6 October 2026
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BB expands export refinance scheme to Tk 7,000 crore
1 October 2026
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Remittance inflow hits 11-month low
1 October 2026
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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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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
Inflation, exchange rate stability should get priority: experts
ICMAB organises a pre-budget discussion
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