Banks can now spend more on business centres
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Bangladesh Bank extends deadline for banks to settle disciplinary cases
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Classified loan accounts double to nearly 46 lakh as retail defaults surge
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Pubali Bank to buy land, building for Tk 800cr
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Bangladesh Krishi Bank waives Tk 605 crore farm loans
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BB suspends official involved in fraud, betting, crypto transactions
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21 July 2026, 20:48 PM Business
BRAC Bank ranks third in remittance inflows with $2.97 billion in FY26
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Bangladesh takes 5-year plan to get ready for post-LDC challenges
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BB to set higher credit growth target

Bangladesh Bank may set the private sector credit growth target at 16.5 percent in the monetary policy for the first half of the fiscal year, in keeping with the present momentum.
25 July 2016, 18:00 PM

Bank hacks raise fears for financial sector

A series of spectacular cyber attacks against banks, resulting in the theft of tens of millions of dollars, has heightened fears for an
24 July 2016, 18:00 PM

Graft money used in militancy, says ACC chairman

Fund raised through corruption is used in militancy, Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Iqbal Mahmud says.
24 July 2016, 07:27 AM

Salman F Rahman reelected as IFIC Bank chairman

Salman F Rahman has recently been reelected as the chairman of IFIC Bank.
20 July 2016, 18:00 PM

Janata struggling with restructured large loans

State-owned Janata Bank is struggling to recover the large loans it restructured under a Bangladesh Bank special policy last year.
19 July 2016, 18:00 PM

IMF backs reforms in Philippines after Bangladesh Bank heist

The International Monetary Fund said the unauthorised transfer of $81 million from Bangladesh Bank to entities in the Philippines
17 July 2016, 18:00 PM

ADB gives $275m to help upgrade Dhaka's water supply

The Asian Development Bank has come up with $275 million in fresh loans for Bangladesh to help improve and expand the water
17 July 2016, 18:00 PM

Monetary policy to focus on growth momentum

The central bank is set to announce the new monetary policy next week that will aim to maintain the private sector credit growth
17 July 2016, 18:00 PM

BASIC Bank still in financial pain

The financial statements of the troubled state-owned BASIC Bank do not give a “true and fair view” of the institution's health, according
17 July 2016, 18:00 PM

ACC arrests ex-AB Bank DGM for amassing Tk 325cr

Anti-Corruption Commission arrests a general manager of Bangladesh Bank in a case filed over misappropriation of Tk 325 crore back in 2011.
17 July 2016, 07:06 AM

Bangladesh gets antihacking tips from Philippine experts

Ranking officials of the Bangladeshi Cabinet recently visit the Philippines to learn on industry practices and issues involving cybersecurity.
15 July 2016, 05:18 AM

BASIC's newly rescheduled loans already turning bad

As much as Tk 700 crore out of Tk 3,000 crore loans rescheduled by BASIC Bank between 2014 and May 2016 became bad loans again, according to the bank.
13 July 2016, 18:00 PM

New DMD of NCC Bank

Md Habibur Rahman recently joined NCC Bank as its deputy managing director.
12 July 2016, 18:00 PM

BB defers discussion with New York Fed

Bangladesh Bank has deferred a meeting with the top officials of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to discuss recovery of the $81
12 July 2016, 18:00 PM

Rush for earnings from savings certificates after Eid break

After nine days of Eid holidays, Bangladesh Bank yesterday saw an unprecedented rush for savings certificate interest collection at its
10 July 2016, 18:00 PM

Remittances hurt by falling oil prices

Remittances fell 4.78 percent year-on-year to $14.59 billion in the just concluded fiscal year as weak oil prices continue to bleed
10 July 2016, 18:00 PM

Most banks have sound capital base

Most of the private and foreign commercial banks succeeded in maintaining the new international standard capital adequacy ratio.
4 July 2016, 18:00 PM

Agrani Bank MD removed

The central bank removes Agrani Bank Managing Director Syed Abdul Hamid for violating rules in granting loans amounting to Tk 792 crore.
30 June 2016, 08:17 AM

New top brass for Shahjalal Islami Bank

Md Towhidur Rahman has recently been elected as the chairman of Shahjalal Islami Bank.
29 June 2016, 18:00 PM

New chairman of NRB Bank

Mohammed Mahtabur Rahman has recently been elected as the chairman of NRB Bank, the bank said in a statement yesterday.
29 June 2016, 18:00 PM