NBFI depositors seek full repayment guarantee by December
23 May 2026, 20:27 PM
Business
Banks instructed not to manipulate forex market
19 May 2026, 20:30 PM
Business
BB tightens rules for card-to-MFS cash-outs
19 May 2026, 17:59 PM
Business
Bangladesh Bank bought nearly $6 billion so far this fiscal year
18 May 2026, 22:14 PM
Business
Banks to remain open on May 23-24 for Eid-related transactions
18 May 2026, 18:18 PM
Business
Bangladesh Bank bars bank-funded training, seminar for staff
13 May 2026, 20:38 PM
Business
Remittances through agent banking outlets growing
13 May 2026, 19:47 PM
Business
Explainer / What Bangladesh Bank’s NBFI liquidation plan means for depositors
13 May 2026, 19:08 PM
Business
Banks asked to introduce QR-based verification for visa documents
12 May 2026, 17:56 PM
Business
The 6.5% trap: how a national fiscal data centre can save our economy
11 May 2026, 21:01 PM
Business
Evaluating corporate governance: a key responsibility of auditors
Auditors safeguard stakeholder interests by providing reasonable assurance that the financial statements present a true and fair view
3 December 2025, 11:10 AM
Restoring depositors’ trust is top priority
Say Sammilito Islami Bank’s chairman
2 December 2025, 18:00 PM
A scammer dies, but the rot in Bangladesh’s banks lives on
The Hallmark scam was the largest loan scam involving Sonali Bank at that time
1 December 2025, 13:53 PM
Sammilito Islami Bank gets final licence
The bank was created through the merger of five troubled Islamic banks
30 November 2025, 15:19 PM
Bank merger: employees to face salary, benefit cuts
Today, fresh Tk 350 crore liquidity support approved for the to-be-merged banks, taking the total to Tk 35,300 crore
26 November 2025, 15:42 PM
Bangladesh Bank targets fully digital transactions by July 2027
BB governor says at the signing of a deal with the Gates Foundation’s Mojaloop
24 November 2025, 09:05 AM
AB Bank’s ‘hidden’ bad loans push NPLs to 84%
AB Bank’s bad loans have ballooned to an unprecedented level, with nearly 84 percent of its total loans in default, a sign of severe financial distress caused by years of irregularities at the country’s first private commercial lender.
22 November 2025, 19:03 PM
Governance failure stalls financial sector progress: BB governor
The governor speaks at Mastercard Excellence Awards 2025
22 November 2025, 15:36 PM
Tk 25,790cr: Union Bank posts biggest loss in banking history
No other bank in the country has come close to this scale of financial damage.
18 November 2025, 18:00 PM
AB Bank seeks Tk 2,000cr from BB amid deposit flight
Private lender AB Bank has urged Bangladesh Bank (BB) to provide an additional Tk 2,000 crore in liquidity support to cope with increasing deposit withdrawals amid an asset quality review and the merger of five other commercial banks.
18 November 2025, 18:00 PM
With bad loans at 30%, boardroom feud erupts at Standard Bank
Standard Bank is mired in internal conflict as its bad loans rise to nearly a third of total lending, exposing governance problems at the shariah based lender already under scrutiny by the central bank, show documents.
15 November 2025, 18:49 PM
Bangladesh Bank moves to tighten grip on banks
The centrepiece of the reform package is the abolition of a category that designates state-owned lenders as "specialised banks"
15 November 2025, 18:08 PM
Essential food imports get 90-day credit window
The facility will remain valid until March 31, 2026
12 November 2025, 14:52 PM
BFIU fines Premier Bank, officials Tk 3.44 crore
They were involved in money laundering and illegal fund transfers by the bank’s former chairman and family members
12 November 2025, 14:25 PM
Bangladesh Bank expands trade finance scope for offshore banking units
The OBUs can now extend loans through authorised dealers of other banks also
11 November 2025, 12:19 PM
BB relaxes LC margin rules for essential imports ahead of Ramadan
The relaxed LC margin facility will remain effective until March 31, 2026
11 November 2025, 12:02 PM
Sammilito Islami Bank gets BB nod
Sammilito Islami Bank, the proposed largest shariah-based state-owned bank set to be formed through the merger of five troubled banks, got the preliminary approval from the Bangladesh Bank yesterday.
9 November 2025, 18:00 PM
Sammilito Islami Bank secures preliminary licence
Tk 20,000 crore set aside for the bank, merging five troubled lenders
9 November 2025, 13:47 PM
Draft rules published for digital payment operators
The draft Payment System Operator Regulations seek feedback from banks, fintech firms
8 November 2025, 11:41 AM
Govt may consider compensating small shareholders: BB
The central bank governor says about the to-be-merged banks
6 November 2025, 15:02 PM