Brac's microcredit disbursement among the poor grew 28 percent year-on-year in 2014.

China's manufacturing activity contracted for the fourth straight month in June as demand remained sluggish in the world's second-

Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday approved new rules for private equity and venture capital firms so that they can pool funds and make equity investment in non-listed companies.

The central bank yesterday moved to take action against its 20 officials who led a demonstration to protest a decision to hire a general manager on a contractual basis for the Financial Intelligence Unit.

The Asian Development Bank will more than double its lending to Bangladesh over the next three years, attaching priority to connectivity projects linking the country to India, Nepal and Bhutan.

The country's mobile banking sector continues to grow exponentially, scaling a new height in February, according to a study by the

Getting new business has become the biggest challenge for banks now as companies have been suffering from aftershocks of the prolonged political turmoil in 2013 and the first quarter of this year.

When the world is evolving towards a cashless society, Bangladesh falls behind others in digital payment system.

The e-banking platforms of HSBC enable customers make seamless payments between countries and currencies, providing businesses greater control over cash and collection, the bank's chief executive said.

MasterCard partnered with Al-Arafah Islami Bank to launch the MasterCard Islamic debit, credit and prepaid cards in Bangladesh.

Mustafa Anwar has been elected chairman of Islami Bank Bangladesh, while Yousif Abdullah Al-Rajhi and NRM Borhan Uddin have been elected vice-chairmen.

Ringleader of an inter-district robber gang is killed in a “gunfight” with police in Faridpur Sadar upazila.

Md Fazlur Rahman has been promoted as deputy managing director of NCC Bank, the bank said in a statement yesterday.

In the fields at Tajiakata of Moheshkhali's Kutubjom Union they're lifting water, bucket by bucket. The crisscross channels are hand dug to entice a little of the sea inland. Seawater is being lifted, litre by litre, to the first of four shallow tanks carved in the ground.

Scandal-hit bank HSBC said Tuesday it would cut its global headcount by up to 50,000 as part of a restructuring that entails its withdrawal from Brazil and Turkey, while it also mulls abandoning London as its HQ.

Abu Zafore Md Saleh has recently been promoted to deputy managing director of NCC Bank.

Mutual Trust Bank Limited has been preparing for this year’s World Environment Day in a different manner compared to traditional ones. It has rolled up its sleeves with the aim to observing this day in the greenest way possible.

It is often said that the financing charges, in the form of interest, as applicable to microcredit operations, including that levied by

On January 29, Bangladesh Bank issued a new Large Loan Restructuring Policy (LLRP). Concerns have been expressed in some quarters

Bangladesh will post strong economic growth and see a bullish trend in exports up to 2030, according to a forecast by UK-based banking giant HSBC.