Jamuna Bank opens Chandina branch in Cumilla

Jamuna Bank opened a Chandina Branch in Cumilla, affirming its commitment to delivering efficient and modern banking services to the community.
8 May 2024, 15:35 PM

IFIC Bank, Swisscontact strike MoU to uplift entrepreneurs in char areas

IFIC Bank has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Swisscontact, an independent non-profit development organisation, in a bid to uplift entrepreneurs from char areas in the northern districts of Bangladesh.
8 May 2024, 15:30 PM
8 May 2024, 15:15 PM

Prioritise sustainable revenue generation, IMF tells Dhaka

IMF mission concluded its 15-day visit to Bangladesh today
8 May 2024, 13:15 PM

IFIC Bank’s Q1 profit tumbles 35%

 IFIC Bank PLC reported a 35 percent year-on-year fall in profit for the first quarter of 2024
8 May 2024, 10:21 AM

BB abandons SMART to make bank interest rate fully market-based

The Bangladesh Bank today scrapped the SMART formula in order to make interest rates in the banking system fully market-based
8 May 2024, 09:50 AM

Bangladesh Bank launches crawling peg, sets Tk 117 per USD as mid-point 

Bangladesh Bank today introduced the crawling peg exchange rate system and allowed banks to buy and sell US dollars freely at around Tk 117. 
8 May 2024, 09:28 AM

Bangladesh Bank hikes policy rate by 50 basis points to 8.5%

Bangladesh Bank today raised the policy rate by 50 basis points to 8.5 percent to bring down the runaway inflation
8 May 2024, 09:01 AM

Shahjalal Islami Bank's first-quarter profit up 28%

Shahjalal Islami Bank (SIBL) reported a 28 percent year-on-year increase in profit in the January-March quarter
8 May 2024, 07:28 AM

Shahjalal Islami Bank strikes MoU with ICD

Shahjalal Islami Bank recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD), a member institution of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group.
7 May 2024, 15:31 PM

Eastern Bank, Lavender sign deal on payroll banking

Eastern Bank recently signed an agreement with Lavender Convenience Store on payroll banking.
7 May 2024, 15:25 PM

Tk 34,000 crore investment proposals came in Jan-Mar: Bida

302 industries will make the investments
7 May 2024, 14:54 PM

Crawling peg system: A welcome step but will it be enough to boost reserves?

The crawling peg system for the taka is a delayed and, perhaps, inadequate response to the bleeding of forex reserves. Some economists suggest the central bank should go beyond this formula and open the exchange rate to market forces to stop the continuous erosion of reserves. Either way, exporters and remitters will celebrate more flexibility in the exchange rate.
7 May 2024, 13:35 PM

How National Bank lost its way 

National Bank went from a financially stable bank to a bank marred in irregularities
7 May 2024, 07:46 AM

IBA winner of ‘HSBC-IBA Business Case Competition 2024’

The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) in Bangladesh, in partnership with the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) of the University of Dhaka, recently organised the finale and award-giving ceremony of “Business Case Competition 2024”.
6 May 2024, 15:20 PM

NRB Bank gets new AMD

NRB Bank has appointed a new additional managing director (AMD).
6 May 2024, 15:13 PM

City Bank strikes deal to sell Reliance Insurance’s products

City Bank recently signed an agreement with Reliance Insurance Limited to commence the sale of the latter’s non-life insurance policies under bancassurance.
6 May 2024, 15:00 PM

NRBC Bank declares 11% cash dividend

NRB Commercial (NRBC) Bank declared an 11 percent cash dividend for the year that ended on December 31, 2023.
5 May 2024, 15:50 PM

Meghna Bank opens unit to extend banking support to airlines

Meghna Bank recently launched a business unit tailored to airline companies to extend their end to end (e2e) banking support.
5 May 2024, 15:40 PM

Bangladesh Bank again dissolves National Bank board

The bank’s sponsor director Khalilur Rahman made the new chairman
5 May 2024, 14:39 PM