AKW Jayawardane, chairman of Commercial Bank of Ceylon, who is on a trip to Bangladesh, paid a courtesy visit to Abdur Rauf Talukder, governor of the Bangladesh Bank.

Abu Farah Md Nasser, deputy governor of the Bangladesh Bank, recently visited an agricultural support scheme, titled “Bhoroshar Notun Janala”, to inspect the progress of the ongoing project at East Harinchara in Lalmonirhat.

Exim Bank and the Bangladesh Bank has jointly organised a “Town Hall Meeting Khulna” with the theme of “Building awareness for financial security” at Khulna Club today.

In December last year, the yield of 364-day treasury bills (T-bills) stood at 11.28 percent, the highest in 11 years

Bangladesh Bank's banking reform roadmap is nothing new, but failures to implement it has distressed the sector, said eminent economist Wahiduddin Mahmud

Al-Arafah Islami Bank recently donated water purifiers to Sardar Suruzzaman Mohila College at a programme held in Dakshinkhan, Dhaka.

A delegation of the Association of Bankers, Bangladesh (ABB), led by its chairman Selim RF Hussain, made a courtesy call on Abu Hena Md Rahmatul Muneem, chairman of the National Board of Revenue.

Southeast Bank recently organised its “Business Review Meeting-2024” at the bank’s head office in Dhaka.

Midland Bank recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Air Astra, a private airline.

The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) recently organised an event, titled “HSBC Innovation Forum-Statutory Payments Landscape in Bangladesh and Way Forward”.

Md Afzal Karim, managing director and CEO of state-owned Sonali Bank, has been appointed as chairman of Padma Bank.

Eastern Bank has obtained a bancassurance licence from the Insurance Development & Regulatory Authority (IDRA) to start bancassurance business with insurance companies.

AK Azad, managing director of the Ha-Meem Group of Companies, has been elected chairman of Shahjalal Islami Bank.

NCC Bank has launched dedicated women banking services called “NCC Parama” recently with the slogan “For Better You”.

Southeast Bank recently organised an in-house conference, titled “Generative AI and its Application in Banking Industries” at the Southeast Bank Training Institute in Dhaka.

Eastern Bank recently signed an agreement on an online payment solution with host-to-host connectivity through EBLConnect with mobile financial service (MFS) provider bKash.

Shahjalal Islami Bank has signed an agreement with Astra Airways Ltd, known as Air Astra, at the bank’s corporate head office in Dhaka today.

National Bank has organised its “Annual Business Conference” for the Chattogram region at the bank’s Chattogram regional office today.

Walton Hi-Tech Industries recently awarded 381 officials and sales executives with a “Best Employee Award” for their outstanding performance in boosting the company’s sales during the months of December 2023 and January this year.

Standard Chartered Bangladesh has appointed Anil Kejriwal as country chief financial officer.