Remittances fell 4.78 percent year-on-year to $14.59 billion in the just concluded fiscal year as weak oil prices continue to bleed

Most of the private and foreign commercial banks succeeded in maintaining the new international standard capital adequacy ratio.

The central bank removes Agrani Bank Managing Director Syed Abdul Hamid for violating rules in granting loans amounting to Tk 792 crore.

Md Towhidur Rahman has recently been elected as the chairman of Shahjalal Islami Bank.

Mohammed Mahtabur Rahman has recently been elected as the chairman of NRB Bank, the bank said in a statement yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the country's banking sector is thriving on the strong national economy.

Businessmen demand all scheduled commercial banks to remain open from July 2 to 4 ensuring safe deposit of their money during Eid holiday.

The World Bank has approved $150 million in additional financing to help strengthen Bangladesh's health systems and improve health

The central bank has no plans to realign its reserve money invested in pound sterling even after the currency hit a 31-year low

Bangladesh Bank and all other scheduled banks will remain closed on July 4.

Bank branches will remain open on July 2-3 in industrial areas of Dhaka, Chittagong, Narayanganj, Gazipur and Savar to help factory

Bangladesh Bank is continuing to purchase US dollars from commercial banks to keep the exchange rate stable.

The board of directors of Eastern Bank has extended the service contract of its CEO Ali Reza Iftekhar till August 2019.

A Chittagong court yesterday sentenced a former bank official to six years in jail for two separate cases filed by the Anti Corruption Commission over misappropriating about Tk 9 lakh of depositors' money.

The central bank has increased the limit of the low-cost Export Development Fund for apparel exporters to $20 million from existing $15 million.

Manufacturers are rushing to take low-cost long-term foreign currency loans from the special World Bank-Bangladesh Bank fund,

Bangladesh Bank has asked all banks to maintain a high-level of security at all ATM booths ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr, a senior official said yesterday.

South Asia closed 43 deals in 2015 for a combined total of $5.6 billion, a decline of 82 percent from the five-year average of $30.5

Troubled ICB Islamic Bank has no plan to merge or sell on the majority shares owned by Malaysian entrepreneurs despite the bank's struggle to improve its financial indicators since current owners took over in 2008, a top official said.

Hours before the Federal Reserve Bank of New York approved four fraudulent requests to send $81 million from a Bangladesh Bank account to cyber thieves, the Fed branch blocked those same requests because they lacked information required to transfer money, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter.