IPO rules to be made easy to attract new listings: BSEC chairman
12 October 2026
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Banks’ five-day Durga Puja closure begins Oct 20
12 October 2026
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Bangladesh's foreign debt rises to $114.98 billion at end of Apr-Jun
11 October 2026
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Money changers can now sell up to $3,000 against travel entitlement
8 October 2026
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Standard Chartered announces plan to sell wealth and retail business in Bangladesh
8 October 2026
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Bangladesh Bank to inject more liquidity into National Bank to repay depositors
8 October 2026
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Digital services of 30 banks restored
7 October 2026
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Q-Cash upgrade catches banks, customers off guard
6 October 2026
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BB expands export refinance scheme to Tk 7,000 crore
1 October 2026
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Remittance inflow hits 11-month low
1 October 2026
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Now First Security Islami Bank freed from S Alam Group
S Alam Group's control over First Security Islami Bank Ltd (FSIBL) ended today after the Bangladesh Bank reconstituted the board of the Shariah-based bank, which was heavily dominated by individuals linked to the Chattogram-based conglomerate..The central bank dissolved the previous 11-mem
1 September 2024
How Islami Bank was taken over ‘at gunpoint’
Islami Bank, the largest private bank by deposits in 2017, was a lucrative target for Sheikh Hasina’s cronies when an influential business group with her blessing occupied it by force – a “perfect robbery” in Bangladesh’s banking history.
31 August 2024
NCC Bank donates Tk 2cr for flood victims
NCC Bank donated a financial relief package worth Tk 2 crore for flood-affected people as a part of its corporate social responsibility..The sum was given to the Chief Adviser's Relief and Welfare Fund..Md Monirul Alam, deputy managing director of the bank, and Md Anwar Hossain, head
31 August 2024
AB Bank donates Tk 5cr for flood victims
AB Bank announced a financial relief package worth Tk 5 crore for flood-affected people in different districts of the country..A fund has been created with an initial deposit of Tk 2 crore to supply relief materials to flood-affected people and for subsequent rehabilitation, according to a
31 August 2024
Premier Bank donates Tk1cr for flood victims
Officers and employees of Premier Bank recently donated a financial relief package worth Tk 1 crore to assist flood-affected people in various districts of the country..The sum will be given to the Chief Adviser’s Relief and Welfare Fund, according to a press release..“In this critic
31 August 2024
Alamgir elected chairman of Modhumoti Bank executive committee
Salahuddin Alamgir, chairman and CEO of Labib Group, was elected as chairman of Modhumoti Bank’s executive committee in the 79th meeting of its board of directors at its head office in Dhaka recently..Alamgir is a prominent business personality with more than 25 years of experience in dyei
31 August 2024
Nurul Amin becomes Global Islami Bank chairman
Mohammed Nurul Amin has been appointed as an independent director and chairman of Global Islami Bank following his selection by the Bangladesh Bank..Amin currently serves as an adviser to iPay Systems Ltd, a digital payment service provider..During a career spanning over 41 years, he
31 August 2024
Sadiqul Islam appointed chairman of Social Islami Bank
Prof M Sadiqul Islam was recently elected chairman of Social Islami Bank during its 516th board meeting..Islam, who has over 38 years of experience at the University of Dhaka, is currently serving as a professor in the department of finance..He is also an independent director of Walt
31 August 2024
NRB Bank opens Kalampur branch in Dhamrai
NRB Bank recently launched a Kalampur branch in the capital’s Dhamrai..Md Omar Faruk Khan, managing director and CEO (current charge) of the bank, inaugurated the branch as the chief guest, according to a press release..Mirza Md Year Hossain, a noted social worker, was present as sp
31 August 2024
‘I was forced to step down’
Islami Bank’s former managing director Abdul Mannan had not appeared or spoken publicly since S Alam Group took control of the bank in March 2017.
30 August 2024
Exim Bank freed from the grip of Mazumder
The control of influential businessman Nazrul Islam Mazumder over Exim Bank ended yesterday as the Bangladesh Bank reconstituted the board of the Shariah-based lender.
29 August 2024
StanChart Saadiq Bangladesh recognised at The Asset Triple A Islamic Finance Awards
Standard Chartered Saadiq Bangladesh has been recognised as the country’s “Islamic Bank of the Year”, “Best Islamic SME Bank”, and “Best Islamic Retail Bank” at The Asset Triple A Islamic Finance Awards 2024..This year, Standard Chartered Saadiq won a total of 38 awards..The franchis
29 August 2024
Sadiqul Islam becomes Social Islami Bank chairman
M Sadiqul Islam, a professor of the department of finance at the University of Dhaka, was elected chairman of Social Islami Bank yesterday while Md Anisul Hoque, representative of Hamdard Laboratories (Waqf) Bangladesh, got the post of vice-chairman..The board of directors organised a meet
29 August 2024
Prime Bank, Toyota-Navana strike deal on EMI facility
Prime Bank recently signed a partnership agreement with Toyota–Navana Limited, an authorised distributor of brand-new Toyota vehicles in Bangladesh..Md Nazeem A Choudhury, deputy managing director of the bank, and Md Ali Ehsan, head of after-sales operations at Toyota-Navana Limited, penne
29 August 2024
Dhaka Bank donates Tk 2cr for flood victims
Dhaka Bank donated a financial relief package worth Tk 2 crore for flood-affected people in various districts of the country..The sum was deposited to the Chief Adviser’s Relief and Welfare Fund and will be mobilised to meet the essential needs of the victims..AMM Moyen Uddin, deputy
29 August 2024
SBAC Bank, Grameenphone sign deal on transactions and promotional services
SBAC Bank recently signed an agreement with Grameenphone to provide transaction and promotional bulk SMS and value-added digital services..Habibur Rahman, managing director and chief executive officer of the bank, and Asif Naimur Rashid, chief business officer of the telecom operator, penn
29 August 2024
Nazrul Islam Mazumder removed from Exim Bank board
BB forms new five-member board for Exim, keeping three shareholder directors unchanged
29 August 2024
White paper to focus on mega projects, not all dev projects: Debapriya
The 12-member panel held its first meeting today, the next one on Sep 3
29 August 2024
BB hikes banks’ agri loan disbursement targets
The banks have to disburse Tk 38,000 crore in FY25, a target 8.75% higher year-on-year
29 August 2024
The long, dark past of UCB
The central bank has just reconstituted the board of United Commercial Bank (UCB) for financial wrongdoings, but it has a darker past – a takeover at gunpoint by a politically influential family over a quarter of a century ago.
28 August 2024