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Prime Bank arranges Tk 600cr for BSRM

Prime Bank has recently arranged a syndication loan as lead arranger through raising Tk 600 crore for Bangladesh Steel Re-Rolling Mills
28 December 2017

BB warns against cryptocurrencies

Bangladesh Bank has issued a cautionary notification against settling online transactions in virtual currencies like Bitcoin.
28 December 2017

Lion's share of SME loans goes to traders

As much as 63 percent of the SME loans disbursed in the first nine months of the year went to the trading sector, neglecting the
28 December 2017

Banks' mad rush to secure deposit

Even last month, the interest rate on bank deposit was as low as 5 percent. Then, at the beginning of this month, as if on cue, the rate,
28 December 2017

Fish farming bogged down by losses

Inland fish producers are incurring heavy losses as the market price of fish remains stagnant amid spiralling costs of production.
28 December 2017

Bank Asia joins Coca-Cola's women empowerment project

Bank Asia recently joined a Coca-Cola Bangladesh project to impart agent banking training among 25 successful women entrepreneurs of Jamalpur in the latter's Bhaluka plant in Mymensingh .
27 December 2017

Industrial default loans soar 30pc

Defaults in the industrial sector soared 30.31 percent at the end of September as large borrowers who enjoyed restructuring facilities under a special Bangladesh Bank scheme in 2015 failed to repay their loans.
27 December 2017

Bacchu's company account under ACC scanner

The Anti-Corruption Commission has started investigations into the financial transaction of an account named Eden Fisharies that is owned by the disgraced former BASIC Bank Chairman Sheikh Abdul Hye Bacchu.
27 December 2017

No cheer for cement industry in 2017

The price hike of raw materials, the depreciation of local currency and intense competition among too many makers have hit the cement industry hard in the outgoing year, market players said.
27 December 2017

App offers vehicle care solution

People can now call for help of a mechanic through a mobile application—Vroom—if their car stops working in the
26 December 2017

A stellar year for ICT

Bangladesh's ICT sector will bid farewell to 2017 on a high note as the year saw digital services thrive, exports hit a
26 December 2017

NBR honours top taxpayers of tax zone 5

The National Board of Revenue yesterday honoured the top taxpayers for 2016-17 of tax zone 5.
26 December 2017

Ink makers assoc elects top brass

MA Momen, managing director of Toka Ink Bangladesh Ltd and Pioneer Printing Press Ltd, has been elected as
26 December 2017

City Bank raises $26m for Doreen Power

City Bank has recently arranged $26 million in funds for Doreen Group to help it set up a 53.9-megawatt heavy fuel
25 December 2017

India to link highways to int'l trade points

India has decided to undertake a plan to link its major highway corridors to international trade points with Bangladesh, Nepal,
25 December 2017

BB rejects Tk 1,439cr compensation demand of BKB, Rakub

The central bank has shot down requests for compensation of Tk 1,439 crore from Bangladesh Krishi Bank and
25 December 2017

Apparel exports saved by sturdy dollar

The favourable US dollar-taka exchange rate has lent a helping hand to apparel exporters in the outgoing calendar
25 December 2017

Alam becomes ED of Bangladesh Bank

Md Shah Alam has recently been promoted to the post of executive director of Bangladesh Bank.
24 December 2017

ABB elects new office bearers

Syed Mahbubur Rahman, managing director of Dhaka Bank, has been elected as the chairman of the Association of
24 December 2017

Grameen Bank election for directors soon: Muhith

The much overdue election for Grameen Bank's board, which the award-winning microlender has been soliciting for
24 December 2017