BB toughens rules for loans under new scheme

Clients are not allowed to enjoy new funds from the scheme if they have overdue export bills
25 April 2023, 12:24 PM

Dutch-Bangla Bank makes Tk 566 crore profit in 2022

The private commercial bank posted a profit of Tk 555.90 crore in 2021.
24 April 2023, 12:18 PM

Trust Bank clocks Tk 291 crore profit in 2022

The bank’s profit rises 6.5 per cent year-on-year
24 April 2023, 11:39 AM

Exim Bank’s profit surges 72% in 2022

The bank reported consolidated earnings per share of Tk 2.57 for the last financial year compared to Tk 1.49 in 2021.
24 April 2023, 11:03 AM

Good news for savers as banks hike deposit rate

Banks in Bangladesh are raising the interest rate on deposits to pull funds with a view to tackling the liquidity shortage and meeting a higher demand for loans. 
21 April 2023, 02:00 AM

Banks remain open in Dhaka city, industrial areas on limited scale

Banks remained open on a limited scale in the industrial areas, including Dhaka city, today to facilitate the payments of salaries, wages and festival allowances to garment workers ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr.
19 April 2023, 08:59 AM

UCB inks deal with Syngenta and Upay

United Commercial Bank (UCB) recently signed an agreement with Syngenta Bangladesh Limited and UCB Fintech Company Limited (Upay) for the former to provide agricultural loans to registered farmers at a low interest rate.
13 April 2023, 18:00 PM

Nurun Nahar becomes BB deputy governor

Nurun Nahar has recently been appointed as deputy governor of Bangladesh Bank for a three-year term. 
13 April 2023, 18:00 PM

Banks open in industrial areas on April 19-21

The Bangladesh Bank yesterday asked banks to remain open, albeit on a limited scale, in the industrial areas, including Dhaka city, during the public holidays on April 19-21.
13 April 2023, 18:00 PM

Nurun Nahar, new deputy governor of Bangladesh Bank

She will be second female deputy governor of the banking watchdog
13 April 2023, 15:51 PM

Berger may take dollar loan from parent entity

The multinational paint maker may use the money to fund LCs
13 April 2023, 13:14 PM

DBH gets go-ahead to open Islamic financing wing

DBH got the approval from the central bank on April 11
13 April 2023, 10:12 AM

Brac Bank saw Tk 601cr profit in 2022

Brac Bank Ltd clocked a Tk 601.63 crore profit in the last financial year of 2022, up 10.14 per cent year-on-year.
12 April 2023, 18:00 PM

City Bank logged Tk 477cr profit in 2022

The City Bank Ltd made a profit of Tk 477.84 crore in the last financial year of 2022, down 13.10 per cent year-on-year.
12 April 2023, 18:00 PM

Credit card spending hits four-month low

People spent Tk 2,312 crore in February, down by 8% from January’s Tk 2,506 crore
11 April 2023, 15:08 PM

Ratio of female bankers in top posts rising: BB

According to the Gender Equality Report of Banks and Financial Institutions
10 April 2023, 13:51 PM

Rules eased for banks to facilitate import payments

To meet import payment obligations, banks would be able to transfer funds from their OBUs to their domestic business or onshore units
9 April 2023, 13:36 PM

Central bank should come forward to support Bangabazar victims: DCCI

DCCI President Md Sameer Sattar made the pleas to the central bank today
9 April 2023, 12:04 PM

BB resets loan ceilings of export development fund

Established in 1989, the EDF facilitates access to financing in foreign exchange for input procurements by manufacturer-exporters.
9 April 2023, 11:12 AM

Brac Bank launches remittance application FXPAY

FXPAY is a 360-degree commercial remittance system
8 April 2023, 12:05 PM