Parliament passes Bank Resolution (Amendment) Bill
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Banking
Sammilito Islami Bank / 7,896 customers withdraw Tk 327 crore on second day
8 September 2026
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Business
Banks asked to verify certificates of all officers in 7 months
7 September 2026
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Business
EBL’s women leaders shaping the bank’s future
7 September 2026
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Business
Govt eyes 2-3% GDP contribution from creative economy: Khosru
7 September 2026
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Business
President waives penalties on 21 NBR officials over protest
6 September 2026
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Business
Janata Bank holds over half of Tk 147,776cr defaulted loans at 6 state banks: Finance minister
6 September 2026
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Banking
High Court upholds Ahsan H Mansur’s removal as Bangladesh Bank governor
6 September 2026
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Banking
HC orders 3-month freeze on S Alam Group’s 81.92% Islami Bank shares
4 September 2026
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Banking
Bill placed in parliament to abolish provision allowing former owners to reclaim troubled banks
3 September 2026
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Banking
Merge weak banks with strong ones: analysts
The government should consider merging weak banks with the strong ones for the betterment of the sector and the economy, analysts said yesterday.
16 January 2016
Challenges to banks' good governance
BANGLADESH Bank is committed to establishing good governance practices in banks and financial institutions besides fulfilling its core objectives like employment maximisation and price stability in the country.
13 January 2016
Banks borrow from BB after a four-year gap
After a gap of more than four years, some commercial banks have recently borrowed money from the central bank through repo auction.
13 January 2016
BB lines up $200m green fund for textile, leather makers
Bangladesh Bank is set to form a $200 million fund to provide low-cost loans to textile and leather industries for switching to
12 January 2016
EBL Nest: a hotbed of creativity
As is common in big institutions, ideas of those lower down the hierarchy tend to get lost.
12 January 2016
Economic growth to keep up momentum: WB
Bangladesh's economic growth will keep up its momentum this fiscal year despite pressure on the budget from a salary hike for
7 January 2016
Indian state banks likely sold dollars to stem rupee fall
State-owned banks likely sold dollars on behalf of the Reserve Bank of India to prevent the local currency from weakening further, three
4 January 2016
Little cheer for state banks in 2015
State-owned commercial banks saw their operating profits decline 4.69 percent year-on-year in 2015 owing to low credit growth and
4 January 2016
More banks found paying zero tax in UK
Two more investment banks have reported paying zero tax in Britain in 2014, prompting the opposition Labour party to urge the
3 January 2016
Banks' capital base strengthens
Banks' overall capital base went up 6.58 percent in the third quarter of 2015 from three months earlier as the asset quality of private
3 January 2016
Low-cost loans, lands a must to boost investment: MCCI
The leaders of the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) demanded a single-digit interest rate on bank loans, low-
3 January 2016
Banks saw slim profits in 2015
Banks managed to log in profits for 2015 despite a tough start to the year by way of political turmoil for the first
2 January 2016
Banks can't take fees from job applicants
Bangladesh Bank yesterday directed all banks not to take any fee in the form of pay orders or bank drafts from job applicants.
29 December 2015
2015: A bumpy year for banks
Banks saw less profit in 2015 owing to low credit demand, cautious lending policy and the sluggish business environment.
28 December 2015
Two banks, steelmaker to raise Tk 895cr in bonds
Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission or BSEC yesterday allowed two banks and a steelmaker to raise Tk 895 crore by issuing bonds.
28 December 2015
India's bank for rural poor is growing fast: top official
A bank targeting the rural poor has recently started its journey in India and has so far managed almost 100 percent loan recovery rate.
28 December 2015
BB eases rules for banks' investment in stocks
Bangladesh Bank has relaxed the rules related to banks' investment in stocks in a move that analysts say would boost the ailing market.
20 December 2015
WB, Bangladesh on track to solid partnership
A strong partnership could be developed between the World Bank and Bangladesh following the country's recent graduation to the lower middle-income bracket, the chief economist of the multilateral lender said yesterday.
14 December 2015
BASIC fires four bankers for scam
Scam-hit BASIC Bank has dismissed four of its top officials on grounds of financial irregularities.
9 December 2015
WB chief economist to visit Dhaka next week
World Bank Chief Economist Kaushik Basu arrived in Dhaka yesterday at the invitation of Bangladesh Bank.
7 December 2015