Troubled British bank Barclays is to make a new round of job cuts, axing more than 1,000 positions across its New York, London and

Rubel Brothers and Apollo Multipurpose Agro Industries are loan defaulters of state-owned BASIC and Janata banks respectively and yet had no trouble getting fresh loans from the Farmers Bank.

The government should consider merging weak banks with the strong ones for the betterment of the sector and the economy, analysts said yesterday.

The central bank has cut its policy rates for the first time in three years in an effort to spur investment and the GDP growth.

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.

After a gap of more than four years, some commercial banks have recently borrowed money from the central bank through repo auction.

Bangladesh Bank is set to form a $200 million fund to provide low-cost loans to textile and leather industries for switching to

As is common in big institutions, ideas of those lower down the hierarchy tend to get lost.

Bangladesh's economic growth will keep up its momentum this fiscal year despite pressure on the budget from a salary hike for

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) asks banks to provide financial information on accounts held by Centre for Policy Dialogue’s Distinguished Fellow Debapriya Bhattacharya, his wife and their family members within seven days.

State-owned banks likely sold dollars on behalf of the Reserve Bank of India to prevent the local currency from weakening further, three

State-owned commercial banks saw their operating profits decline 4.69 percent year-on-year in 2015 owing to low credit growth and

Two more investment banks have reported paying zero tax in Britain in 2014, prompting the opposition Labour party to urge the

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

The leaders of the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) demanded a single-digit interest rate on bank loans, low-

Banks managed to log in profits for 2015 despite a tough start to the year by way of political turmoil for the first

Bangladesh Bank yesterday directed all banks not to take any fee in the form of pay orders or bank drafts from job applicants.

Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission or BSEC yesterday allowed two banks and a steelmaker to raise Tk 895 crore by issuing bonds.

A bank targeting the rural poor has recently started its journey in India and has so far managed almost 100 percent loan recovery rate.

Banks saw less profit in 2015 owing to low credit demand, cautious lending policy and the sluggish business environment.