Bangladesh Bank

BB official torture: SC urged to uphold case filing order

The Supreme Court has been requested to uphold the High Court order that directed police to record a case for police torture on Bangladesh Bank official Golam Rabby.
26 January 2016, 10:49 AM

SC stays case filing against torturer cop Masud

Supreme Court stays a High Court order that directed police to file a case over cop torture on Bangladesh Bank official Golam Rabby. Chamber judge ordered the stay until January 25 and sent it for a full bench hearing.
21 January 2016, 09:00 AM

Special audit of Bangladesh Bank

It is perhaps the first of its kind that a special audit on Bangladesh Bank has been asked for the parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC).
19 January 2016, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh Bank vs MK Alamgir

The Bangladesh Bank has made Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir very unhappy and he is not taking it sitting down.
19 January 2016, 18:00 PM

SI Masud didn’t act like a cop: Minister

Suspended policeman Masud Shikder did not act like a cop, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan says.
18 January 2016, 09:12 AM

Bank official torture: Cops submit probe report

Police have submitted a probe report into the torture of a Bangladesh Bank official allegedly by a sub-inspector of Mohammadpur Police Station.
17 January 2016, 10:01 AM

Writ seeks arrest of cop Masud, judicial probe

A writ petition was filed with the High Court today seeking the arrest of suspended policeman Masud Shikder and a judicial probe over the torture of a Bangladesh Bank official.
17 January 2016, 08:41 AM

Torturer cops Masud, Akash suspended

Dhaka police suspends two sub-inspectors (SI) for torturing two officials in Mohammadpur and Jatrabari. SI Masud Shikder of Mohammadpur Police Station and SI Arshadul Islam Akash of Jatrabari Police Station were suspended for beating up and allegedly threatening central bank official Golam Rabbi on January 9 and DSCC Conservancy Officer Bikash Chandra Das yesterday respectively.
16 January 2016, 07:59 AM

Cops beat DSCC official in Jatrabari

One week into the alleged torture of a Bangladesh Bank official, on duty policemen beat up an inspector of Dhaka South City Corporation in Jatrabari area of the capital allegedly for no reason.
15 January 2016, 08:14 AM

BB appoints observer in Farmers Bank

Bangladesh Bank (BB) appoints an observer in the board of Farmers Bank in a bid to improve the health of the newly established bank.
13 January 2016, 12:26 PM

BB chief writes to IGP seeking justice for tortured official

Bangladesh Bank governor in a letter called upon the police chief to ensure justice for alleged police torture of an official of the central bank.
13 January 2016, 12:06 PM

Cop closed over ‘torturing bank official’

A sub-inspector of Mohammadpur Police Station has been closed for allegedly torturing a Bangladesh Bank official and threatening to implicate him in a lawsuit if he fails to pay a Tk 5 lakh bribe.
11 January 2016, 06:10 AM

No fee on bank job seekers: BB

Bangladesh Bank directs all banks not to take any fees in the form of pay order or bank draft from job applicants.
29 December 2015, 14:13 PM

No scope to change new pay scale: Muhith

Finance Minister AMA Muhith says there is no scope to change the newly announced national pay scale.
23 December 2015, 14:03 PM

‘Poor infrastructure, slow bureaucracy major challenges’

World Bank Senior Vice President and chief economist Dr Kaushik Basu says poor infrastructure and slow bureaucracy are two major challenges for Bangladesh’s economy, which is according to him, is standing at the ‘takeoff stage’.
15 December 2015, 14:59 PM

BASIC Bank dismisses 4 top officials

Scam-hit BASIC Bank suspends four of its top officials as part of its efforts to rid the state lender of financial anomalies that cost it thousands of crores of taka in recent years.
9 December 2015, 07:59 AM

BUILDING ON WHAT WORKS BETTER

Bangladesh, with the support and vision of the Bangladesh Bank, has seen remarkable progress in Mobile Financial Services (MFS) in recent years.
22 November 2015, 18:00 PM

4 state-owned banks get observers

The central bank appoints four observers to the boards of four state-owned commercial banks.
18 November 2015, 13:10 PM

Why BASIC Bank’s Bacchu not implicated: HC

High Court issues a rule asking why BASIC Bank’s former chairman Sheikh Abdul Hye Bacchu will not be implicated in cases filed over loan scam worth Tk 154 crore.
17 November 2015, 11:12 AM

Forex reserve hits $27bn mark

The foreign currency reserve of Bangladesh hits a new record crossing a $ 27-billion mark.
29 October 2015, 14:21 PM