After remaining above the $20 billion mark for just three days, Bangladesh's foreign currency reserves dropped to $18.46 billion after the country paid its regional import bills on October 9.

However, the Indian currency avoids sharp losses on central bank's intervention

“Similar to past political centralisation, we’ve also seen a concentration in the financial sector,” Mansur said at the “3rd Bangladesh Economic Summit 2024: Inequality, Financial Crimes, and Healing Bangladesh’s Economy,” held at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Dhaka

The bank’s profit before provision rose in Jan-Sep 

Reserves were $19.87 billion a week ago

Orange bonds are a cross-cutting asset class designed to invest in gender equity and climate action

All of them were appointed to three-year terms at different times

Deposited money is safe in banks, Husnay Ara Shikha says

Habib won the first prize in the private sector category for series reports on "War hit private sector harder than pandemic"

It’s profit in Jan-Sep slumps 63%

However, the cash flow of the Shariah-based lender fell amid increased investments in customer assets.

Higher net interest and investment Income drove the marginal profit growth

Bangladesh Bank recommends 17 cyber security measures for banks

The bank's Jan-Sep profit declined 42% year-on-year

However, its profit grew more than 8% to Tk 462 crore in Jan-Sep 

The BB governor took the charge at the 46th Saarc Finance Governors' Group Meeting held in Washington on October 24

60 officials of BFIU, Bangladesh Police, NBR, ACC, BSEC and the Department of Narcotics Control will receive the training

Lower deposits caused its cash flow to turn negative

However, the bank made a profit of Tk 267 crore in the Jan-Sep period

Failure to recover loans from defaulters caused the rise in losses