World Bank President Jim Yong Kim yesterday praised the people of Bangladesh for providing shelter to the Rohingya refugees.

Grameenphone yesterday opposed the government's latest plan to introduce uniform call rate for mobile phones.

Bangladesh will receive $715 million as concessional loan from World Bank (WB) to improve its primary education and produce quality statistics timely.

The Bangladesh Bank has accused 18 banks of charging higher interest rate on credit cards in violation of the rules.

The Jatiya Sangsad passes the proposed Tk 4,64,573 crore national budget for 2018-19 fiscal year.

Bangladesh Bank yesterday asked banks to keep open their branches on June 30 (Saturday) to help taxpayers pay income tax and submit challan of VAT, taxes and pay-orders.

Top bankers yesterday decided to bring down the interest rates on both the loans and deposits to single-digit from July 1.

Making phone calls or browsing internet has so far been a dream for Bangladeshi passengers while on a flight, but the wait would soon be over as Biman Bangladesh Airlines is set to introduce the service in September.

Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday hinted that he would take some 'special measures' for the banking sector next month.

The signing of the much needed free trade agreements (FTAs) with the important trading partners is still far away for Bangladesh as many countries are not showing interest to go for such deals, despite the hectic efforts over the years.

Bangladesh will bring down the cost of internet, finally, bowing to the long overdue demand of consumers and ICT-related trade bodies.

The jute ministry is working on a policy to form a Tk 10,000 crore fund to provide low-cost loans for the development of the nearly $1 billion export earning jute sector.

The Asian Development Bank's board of directors has approved a $500 million loan to develop a modern 800 megawatt power plant in Khulna along with associated connections to natural gas and power transmission facilities.

Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday lambasted the Jatiya Party lawmakers for being critical of the proposed national budget for 2018-19.

Bangladesh Bank (BB) yesterday tightened measures to discourage rice imports with a view to ensuring fair prices for growers.

Bangladesh Bank yesterday instructed non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) not to send text messages through mobile phones to attract deposits.

Prices of newly listed companies continue to rise abnormally on the Dhaka Stock Exchange without any apparent reason, which experts said may eat up general investors' money.

The third annual meeting of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank wrapped up yesterday with calls from one of its earliest champions, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to scale up its lending tenfold over the next two years.

Banks are sticking to their directors' decision to bring down the lending rates to 9 percent from July 1 amid growing dilemma over how to execute the plan for a large number of loan products.

Md Shirajul Islam Mollah has recently been elected as the chairman of the executive committee of Prime Bank.