Eastern Bank partners with icddr,b for healthcare waste management

Eastern Bank signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on healthcare waste management through sustainable and environmentally friendly practices with the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b).
25 January 2024, 14:36 PM

Bangladesh plans more licences for digital banks in push to go cashless

BB plans to offer more permissions for digital banks in order to pave the way for full-fledged financial services based on a 100 percent branchless banking system
25 January 2024, 01:00 AM

Digital banks aim to create space for all

It took decades for Bangladesh to bring around 10 percent of the adult population under the banking system before the mobile financial service (MFS) accelerated the pace in the past decade.
24 January 2024, 20:00 PM

Nagad Digital Bank to begin operations in July

Nagad Digital Bank plans to launch its commercial operation in July this year by offering branchless banking services to customers across the country, a move that may herald in a new era of banking in Bangladesh.
24 January 2024, 18:30 PM

IFIC Bank gets NBR taxpayers’ award

IFIC Bank has been honoured by the National Board of Revenue (NBR) as one of the highest taxpayers in the banking sector for fiscal year 2022-23.
24 January 2024, 15:30 PM
24 January 2024, 15:29 PM

EBL launches smart IVR service

Eastern Bank has launched a new service, named “Smart Interactive Voice Response” or “Smart IVR”, enabling its customers to avail a wide range of banking services through their smartphones.
24 January 2024, 15:15 PM

Dhaka Bank inks MoU with Comfystyle

Dhaka Bank and Comfystyle, a clothing brand of Purbani Lifestyle, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU).
24 January 2024, 15:10 PM

City Bank gets BB nod to sell insurance products

City Bank yesterday received approval from Bangladesh Bank to start bancassurance business with Guardian Life Insurance Ltd.
24 January 2024, 14:53 PM

Bengal Commercial Bank arranges annual business conference

Bengal Commercial Bank recently organised “Annual Business Conference-2024” at a hotel in Gulshan.
23 January 2024, 15:56 PM

TVS Auto avails Meghna Bank’s investment facility

Meghna Bank recently signed a collaboration agreement with TVS Auto Bangladesh, a joint venture company between Rian Motors Ltd of Bangladesh and TVS & Sons of India.
23 January 2024, 15:50 PM

Social Islami Bank holds annual business conference

Social Islami Bank recently arranged an “Annual Business Conference-2024” in Cox’s Bazar.
23 January 2024, 15:45 PM

StanChart partners with BRAC University for a course on financial crime

Standard Chartered Bangladesh (SCB) and BRAC University recently launched a course, styled “FCC Certification Program,” aiming to build knowledge, enhance professional development, and raise awareness on various aspects of Financial Crime and Compliance (FCC).
23 January 2024, 15:40 PM

Bank Asia wins ‘Sustainability Reporting Award 2023’

Bank Asia Limited has won “Sustainability Reporting Award 2023” offered by the National Center for Corporate Reporting (NCCR) in Indonesia.
23 January 2024, 15:25 PM

Call money rate hits 12-year high

The interest rate on interbank loans reached 9.5% today, highest since 2012
23 January 2024, 15:16 PM

New Development Bank open to financing projects in Bangladesh

NDB has various development projects in consideration depending on the execution capacity of Bangladesh, says vice president Vladimir Kazbekov
23 January 2024, 01:30 AM

First Security Islami Bank holds annual business conference

First Security Islami Bank organised “Annual Business Conference-2024” of the bank at the Palace Luxury Resort in Habiganj today.
22 January 2024, 16:15 PM

Islami Bank organises business development conference

Islami Bank Bangladesh organised “Business Development Conference 2024” of the bank at Pan Pacific Sonargaon in the capital on Sunday.
22 January 2024, 16:06 PM

Prime Bank offers mortgage-free loan for Abedin Equipment’s dealers

Prime Bank has recently signed an agreement with Abedin Equipment, a company engaged in the import and marketing of power tools and equipment, automotive spares and accessories in Bangladesh, enabling it to ease working capital requirements for its agro-machinery dealers.
22 January 2024, 15:40 PM

Five banks held nearly half of defaulted loans in June last year

Top five banks saw their defaulted loans rise 30% year-on-year to roughly Tk 75,000 crore in April-June of 2023
21 January 2024, 20:30 PM