The International Finance Corporation has struck an agreement with the National Board of Revenue to provide technical assistance to the tax administrator in order to help improve Bangladesh's trade competitiveness.

The Asian Development Bank expects Bangladesh's gross domestic product to grow at 6.9 percent in fiscal 2018, down from the preliminary official estimate of 7.2 percent, due to weak domestic demand.

Exim Bank of India is set to relax one of the major conditions for the projects under the $4.5 billion line of credit extended to Bangladesh for smooth implementation of the projects.

BASIC Bank's new management managed to recover cash amounting to Tk 1,204 crore in the last three years but its overall financial condition continues to remain weak.

I have written many times in the past about the need to address the governance issues in the state-owned commercial banks (SCBs).

Bangladesh Bank has been elected as the vice-chair of the board of Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) for two years. The election took place in the second annual general meeting of AFI during its ninth Global Policy Forum held on September 12-15.

More and more banks are showing interest in converting into full-fledged Islamic banks but the central bank is not giving new licences for the expansion of the shariah-compliant finance.

Bankers formed an association of anti-money laundering compliance officers with an aim to work closely and effectively with the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit and other regulatory authorities, the association said in a statement yesterday.

Md Golam Faruque has recently been promoted as the managing director of South Bangla Agriculture and Commerce (SBAC) Bank.

Entry-level banking jobs, which offer a better pay package than many others, have become more accessible after the Bangladesh Bank yesterday instructed banks not to mention any specific discipline or university in their job advertisements.

The interest rates on deposit crept up in July, breaking a downtrend of two and a half years on the back of a rising private sector credit demand.

Banks are offering discounts on home appliance purchases through credit cards this Eid-ul-Azha as they look to cash in on the shopping frenzy surrounding the religious festival.

Citibank NA Bangladesh has recently won the Global Finance Magazine country award for excellence in digital banking in corporate and institutional segments of the market for the tenth consecutive year.

Eight state banks had a capital shortfall of Tk 12,683 crore at the end of June even though they got a handsome amount of fund from the government exchequer.

More than 100 employees of the central bank yesterday protested a decision of the Bangladesh Bank board to provide incentive bonus for fiscal 2016-17 based on the pay scale of 2015.

About 58 percent of the bank branches in the country do not have any policy for transferring funds from one branch to another, according to a research of the Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management.

Palli Sanchay Bank has introduced online real-time core banking solutions to provide quick services through the digital platform.

The top 20 defaulters accounted for one-third of the state banks' total default loans in the first half of 2017, according to the finance

Bangladesh is set to take a $59 million loan for the power sector from the World Bank at non-concessional terms for the first time.

The central bank yesterday issued a notice that mandated domestic card transactions with its national payment switch, which is yet to be EMV-compliant and remains vulnerable to fraud.