Parliament passes Bank Resolution (Amendment) Bill
9 September 2026
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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
Bangladesh is a top destination for producers leaving China: HSBC
Bangladesh is one among the three countries that China-based factories are planning to shift their production facilities to, as the
1 April 2015
IFIC's new deputy managing director
Fariduddin Al Mahmud and Shah Md Moinuddin have recently been made deputy managing directors of IFIC Bank.
1 April 2015
Anis A Khan to serve MTB as chief until 2019
The Board of Mutual Trust Bank has recently extended the contract of Anis A Khan as its managing director for another four years to
1 April 2015
Citi's top Asean officials in Dhaka
Michael Zink, Citi's head of businesses in Asean and country head in Singapore, will arrive in Dhaka for a two-day visit today.
31 March 2015
Forex reserves cross $23b, again
The country's foreign currency reserves crossed $23 billion yesterday for the second time in a month.
31 March 2015
StanChart to honour agriculture heroes for second year
Standard Chartered Bangladesh is set to hold the second edition of its AGROW Award in May to felicitate the country's agriculture heroes.
31 March 2015
Loan to women entrepreneurs made mandatory
Commercial banks and non-banking financial institutions must provide minimum Tk 50,000 as loan to at least a woman entrepreneur each year
28 March 2015
Brac Bank, Transfast launch direct deposit service
Transfast and Brac Bank have launched online money transfer services for customers of the US-based company, enabling them to
26 March 2015
Non-banks' CEOs cannot be fired without central bank's permission
Like banks, chief executives of non-bank financial institutions now cannot be removed or suspended without approval from
25 March 2015
Dhaka, Ctg banks stay open this weekend
All banks in Dhaka and Chittagong metropolitan areas will stay open this weekend – Friday and Saturday – for the upcoming city corporation polls
25 March 2015
BB relaxes banks' provisioning rules for mutual funds
The central bank has relaxed the provisioning requirements for banks against their investment in mutual funds in light of the
12 March 2015
State banks' turnaround in 2014
Four state banks raised their performance last year following close monitoring by the central bank and the finance ministry's banking division.
7 March 2015
EBL, Mihin Lanka offer free stay in Colombo
Eastern Bank has teamed up with Mihin Lanka Airlines to offer the bank's cardholders a three-night complimentary stay at a hotel in Sri Lanka.
5 March 2015
BB warns non-banks against wrongdoings
The central bank yesterday warned the chief executives of non-bank financial institutions not to act irresponsibly and indulge in irregularities.
3 March 2015
Costly shift to new credit cards will not fix security issues in US
New technology about to be deployed by credit card companies will require US consumers to carry a new kind of card and retailers across the nation to upgrade payment terminals.
3 March 2015
Barclays bank slides into annual net loss
Barclays fell into a net loss last year, the British bank said Tuesday, hit by huge costs linked to its alleged role in the rigging of foreign exchange markets.
3 March 2015
Swiss raid HSBC in money laundering probe
Swiss authorities yesterday raided the offices of British banking giant HSBC's Swiss unit as part of a money laundering probe into the bank that has been accused of helping clients to dodge millions of dollars in taxes.
18 February 2015
Foreign private banks plan India headcount boost
Foreign private banks are bulking up in India once again after downsizing in the past few years, anticipating new opportunities to advise
17 February 2015
BB to get names of Bangladeshis in HSBC leaks
The central bank will try to acquire information on the Bangladeshi nationals who held accounts with HSBC's Swiss private banking arm, a top official said yesterday.
10 February 2015
Banks' soured loans finally shrink
Banks' default loans dropped 12.45 percent in the last quarter of 2014 after rising in the three previous quarters, much to the relief of the central bank.
9 February 2015