The parliamentary standing committee on the finance ministry has called for global pressure on Manila-based Rizal Bank to retrieve the

Mohammed Rabiul Hossain has been promoted as the managing director and chief executive officer of Uttara Bank.

In the years before hackers stole $81 million from a Bangladesh central bank account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, senior Fed security officials examined the risk of such an attack -- but judged the prospect unlikely, bank sources told Reuters.

Finance Minister AMA Muhith says there is hardly any chance to get back more money from the US$100 million hacked from the Bangladesh Bank's account with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

The night began with the audience swaying to the tunes of legendary singer Ayub Bachchu, who mesmerised guests with his acumen on the guitar.

A dynamic organisation always seeks to explore innovative approaches, and United Commercial Bank, being a leading private commercial bank, also frequently pursues diversified and futuristic initiatives towards excellence, the bank’s managing director, Muhammed Ali, said.

United Commercial Bank, a leading private commercial bank in Bangladesh, will work relentlessly to make banking easier for customers, Chairman of the lender MA Sabur said.

Cyber security is the ability to protect or defend the use of cyberspace from cyber-attacks, according to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA.

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) with the help of police arrested two businessmen, in a case of misappropriating Tk 70 crore of BASIC Bank, from their homes in Jamalpur early yesterday.

Bangladesh's central bank was vulnerable to hackers because it did not have a firewall and used second-hand, $10 switches to network computers connected to the SWIFT global payment network, an investigator into one of the world's biggest cyber heists says.

The government will make public the probe report on the cyber heist of US$101 million from Bangladesh Bank’s account with New York’s Federal Reserve Bank.

Bank Asia declared 20 percent dividends—5 percent bonus share and 15 percent cash dividend—for 2015 at the bank's 17th annual general meeting at Dhaka Ladies Club yesterday.

The government yesterday formed a seven-member taskforce headed by the banking secretary to bring back the $81 million funds stolen from Bangladesh Bank's account with the New York Federal Reserve.

Three messages sent by the Bangladeshi central bank to the Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. (RCBC) on the morning of February 9, alerting the Yuchengco-controlled financial institution to the dubious provenance of the $81 million that was later revealed to be the largest money laundering caper in Philippine history.

The High Court issues a rule asking the government to explain in four weeks as to why it should not be directed to take necessary steps to recover the money stolen from Bangladesh Bank.

Md Mahbub-ur Rahman has been appointed as deputy chief executive officer and country head of commercial banking for HSBC Bangladesh, effective today, the bank said in a statement.

The Bangladesh Bank board yesterday met for the first time since Fazle Kabir took over as its governor three weeks ago.

Chinese hackers are possibly behind one of the world's biggest cyber heists, the theft of $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank, a senator in the Philippines says.

The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday arrested Zainul Abedin Choudhury, a general manager of BASIC Bank, for his alleged involvement in a loan scam.

Sayeed H Chowdhury has been re-elected as the chairman of One Bank for another year.