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
HSBC shifts derivatives trades to Hong Kong as HQ decision looms
HSBC has begun shifting billions of dollars worth of derivatives trades from London to Hong Kong to take advantage of the city's
27 October 2015
BB to give foreign currency loans to small, medium manufacturers
Bangladesh Bank is set to provide long-term foreign currency financing to small- and medium-scale manufacturers with funds from the
27 October 2015
Seven banks post negative credit growth
Seven banks out of the total of 56 posted negative year-on-year credit growth in August -- a manifestation of the central bank's growing compliance requirements.
25 October 2015
State banks pass hard times as loan growth stalls
State-owned commercial banks are struggling to get new business in a market that is becoming increasingly competitive, data from Bangladesh Bank shows.
22 October 2015
Brac Bank makes account opening easy
Opening a bank account was not so easy even a few years ago. But with the advancement of technology and the central bank's
20 October 2015
New chief information officer for Sonali Bank
Md Mofazzal Hossain has recently been appointed as the chief information officer of Sonali Bank.
19 October 2015
Banks hit by crisis of cash dollars
Huge outflow of foreign currency during Hajj and Eid-ul-Azha has created a crisis of cash US dollar in Bangladesh, according to market players and the regulator.
19 October 2015
BASIC's fight to get back on feet
State-owned BASIC Bank, which succumbed to reckless lending during the tenure of its controversial chairman Sheikh Abdul Hye
17 October 2015
Banks caught in Bismillah Group scam are yet to retrieve any fund
The five local banks that lent Tk 1,100 crore to the fraudulent Bismillah Towels Group are yet to recover a single penny three and a half years after the scam was detected.
14 October 2015
Banks donate Tk 25.8cr to PM's fund
Local private commercial banks donated Tk 25.80 crore to the Prime Minister's Relief Fund on Monday, said Nazrul Islam Mazumder,
13 October 2015
BB steps in to execute jute packaging law
The central bank has stepped in to help the government implement the jute packaging law, which remains pending due to resistance by
12 October 2015
Govt gives nod to IFC's taka bond
The taka is set to make its debut in the international bond market as the government gave approval to the International Finance
10 October 2015
BB permits online payment of visa fees
The central bank has allowed online payment of visa processing fees through international credit card (ICC) as per the requirement of concerned embassies and high commissions.
4 October 2015
BASIC Bank scam: ACC files 3 more cases
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) files three more cases with Dhaka’s Gulshan Police Station in connection with the swindling of money from state-run Basic Bank.
23 September 2015
BB detects cash theft
An official of State Bank of India's Bangladesh operation was caught as he attempted to steal Tk 5 lakh from outside the central bank
22 September 2015
Taka should be depreciated to boost exports: economist
The central bank should go for a steady depreciation of the taka to help exporters maintain their competitiveness as Bangladesh's
17 September 2015
First Security Islami Bank's new DMD
Md Saifur Rahman Patwary has been promoted as the deputy managing director of First Security Islami Bank, the bank said in a statement yesterday.
14 September 2015
HSBC seminar on automated platforms
Online banking platforms enable customers to make seamless payments between countries and currencies and give businesses greater control over cash and collection, a banker said.
13 September 2015
SMEs can widen exports with policy support
Small and medium enterprises can play a key role in export diversification, given they are provided with the required support that will effectively help Bangladesh cut its overreliance on garments for foreign currencies.
7 September 2015
BB rejects Dhaka Bank's proposal to reappoint Mirza Abbas as director
Bangladesh Bank has refused to approve the reappointment of Mirza Abbas Uddin Ahmed, popularly known as Mirza Abbas, as a director of Dhaka Bank for a series of criminal cases pending against him, a central bank official said yesterday.
6 September 2015