The leaders of the Federation of Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) have sought the cooperation of the central bank so that the interest rate on loans does not increase by a large margin.

Bangladesh Bank yesterday barred transferring the value-added portion of export proceeds to other banks for settling the exporters’ import liabilities.

The interest rate of the refinance scheme has been lowered to 5% from the previous 6%

Bangladesh Bank’s income from foreign currency reserves has gone up 108 percent year-on-year to Tk 6,000 crore in fiscal year 2022-23, as per the central bank’s annual report. 

The bank did not take prior approval for re-electing Ron as a director

People are increasingly opting for keeping cash, which is a major concern in this era of digital banking as it indicates a lack of trust in banks, said Bangladesh Bank Governor Abdur Rouf Talukder yesterday. 

Some web-based services of the central bank would remain inaccessible from 8pm on Monday to 8am on Wednesday as it would carry out emergency system maintenance activities, said the Bangladesh Bank in a notice yesterday.

Some web-based services of the central bank would remain inaccessible from 8pm on Monday to 8am on Wednesday as it would carry out emergency system maintenance activities, said the Bangladesh Bank in a notice today.

"I was fighting, trying to elevate Bangladesh to the highest level, but it seems I've lost. My job has defeated me in the battle," said Mohammad Shamsuzzaman Arafat, Ironman World Championship-participating triathlete.

The Bangladesh Bank on Sunday set the target of agriculture and rural credit disbursement for banks at Tk 35,000 crore for the 2023-2024 fiscal year.

Recent trends seem to care too little about the wise art of deficit financing.

Banks will verify the thumb impressions with EC database

Interbank transactions through Bangladesh Bank's Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) system resumed today after the central bank resolved the technical glitch in the system, said an official.

The change has been done to comply with the Company (Second Amendment) Act 2020

The problem was there for the last couple of days, today it became acute

The central bank today instructed banks to bring down the number of directors from the same family to three in line with the Bank Company (Amendment) Act 2023 within the shortest possible time.

The loans can be repaid in 10 years with one-year of grace period

Bangladesh Bank says in a notice

So much for restoring good governance and holding bank ‘looters’ accountable

Borrowers can repay 50% of demand loans payable for Apr-Jun