After initial rejection, Bangladesh Bank reconsiders MGI's $80m IFC loan
4 June 2026, 20:40 PM
Business
Wife's loan default no bar for Khurshid Alam to chair Islami Bank: BB
2 June 2026, 21:55 PM
Business
Protest foils Islami Bank's board meeting
1 June 2026, 19:17 PM
Business
Street protests will not influence banking decisions: BB spokesperson
1 June 2026, 18:36 PM
Business
Police use water cannons, batons to disperse Islami Bank protesters
1 June 2026, 11:43 AM
Business
People face cash shortages, withdrawal limits at ATM booths
25 May 2026, 15:10 PM
Business
Ex-BB deputy governor, forced out post-uprising, made Islami Bank chairman
25 May 2026, 00:53 AM
Business
Islami Bank Chairman Zubaidur Rahman resigns
24 May 2026, 20:01 PM
Business
Bangladesh sees sharp decline in foreign aid commitments
24 May 2026, 19:27 PM
Business
Banks to remain open near cattle markets until 10pm: Bangladesh Bank
24 May 2026, 19:01 PM
Business
Forex reserves fall to 1-year low after ACU payments
Bangladesh's foreign exchange reserves fell to $32.01 billion yesterday, the lowest since January last year, following the largest ever
3 January 2018, 18:00 PM
Mosharraf new NBR chairman
The government yesterday appointed former senior secretary Md Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan as chairman of the National Board of
3 January 2018, 18:00 PM
Top bankers seek BB support to halt sudden changes in boards
The Association of Bankers, Bangladesh (ABB) yesterday said both management and depositors are now in panic following the sudden changes in ownership of different banks last year.
3 January 2018, 18:00 PM
Loan write-offs soar
Banks wrote off Tk 452 crore in the three months to June last year, up by over 18 times from Tk 24.76 crore in the previous three months.
2 January 2018, 18:00 PM
Bandhan Bank to offer about 119m shares in IPO
Bandhan Bank Ltd will offer about 119.3 million shares under its initial public offering, according to a public filing on Monday.
1 January 2018, 18:00 PM
ACC grills ex-MD of AB Bank over money laundering
The Anti Corruption Commission yesterday interrogated AB Bank's former managing director Shamim Ahmed Chaudhury and former
31 December 2017, 18:00 PM
Forex reserves may come under strain
Bangladesh's external sector is set to pass through turbulence in 2018 given the anticipated surge in food import, petroleum price in
31 December 2017, 18:00 PM
Banks' operating profits soar
Most of the private banks' operating profits soared -- ranging between 10 percent and 60 percent -- in the outgoing year on the back
31 December 2017, 18:00 PM
India likens crypto cash to Ponzi schemes
India warned Friday against investing in cryptocurrencies including bitcoin, likening them to "Ponzi schemes", as it became the latest country to urge caution.
30 December 2017, 18:00 PM
Finance ministry can't avoid responsibility for banking sector woes
The finance ministry cannot avoid responsibility for the current wobbly state of the banking sector, said Khondkar Ibrahim Khaled, a former deputy governor of the Bangladesh Bank.
30 December 2017, 18:00 PM
EBL introduces artificial intelligence for faster services
Eastern Bank Ltd has launched the country's first ever artificial intelligence-based chatbot to render faster services to clients, in a
30 December 2017, 18:00 PM
Banks should manage liquidity with caution
Senior bankers and experts suggest Bangladesh's banks be cautious in liquidity management from the start of 2018 as a majority of
30 December 2017, 18:00 PM
City Bank gets $15m from Austrian lender
City Bank has recently arranged a fund of $15 million from a development bank of Austria, to support the growing needs of City's small
28 December 2017, 18:00 PM
Prime Bank arranges Tk 600cr for BSRM
Prime Bank has recently arranged a syndication loan as lead arranger through raising Tk 600 crore for Bangladesh Steel Re-Rolling Mills
28 December 2017, 18:00 PM
BB warns against cryptocurrencies
Bangladesh Bank has issued a cautionary notification against settling online transactions in virtual currencies like Bitcoin.
28 December 2017, 18:00 PM
Lion's share of SME loans goes to traders
As much as 63 percent of the SME loans disbursed in the first nine months of the year went to the trading sector, neglecting the
28 December 2017, 18:00 PM
Banks' mad rush to secure deposit
Even last month, the interest rate on bank deposit was as low as 5 percent. Then, at the beginning of this month, as if on cue, the rate,
28 December 2017, 18:00 PM
Bank Asia joins Coca-Cola's women empowerment project
Bank Asia recently joined a Coca-Cola Bangladesh project to impart agent banking training among 25 successful women entrepreneurs of Jamalpur in the latter's Bhaluka plant in Mymensingh .
27 December 2017, 18:00 PM
Industrial default loans soar 30pc
Defaults in the industrial sector soared 30.31 percent at the end of September as large borrowers who enjoyed restructuring facilities under a special Bangladesh Bank scheme in 2015 failed to repay their loans.
27 December 2017, 18:00 PM
Bacchu's company account under ACC scanner
The Anti-Corruption Commission has started investigations into the financial transaction of an account named Eden Fisharies that is owned by the disgraced former BASIC Bank Chairman Sheikh Abdul Hye Bacchu.
27 December 2017, 18:00 PM