Prime Bank PLC and HATIL Complex Limited have signed an agreement to enhance HATIL’s financial operations through specialised payroll banking and digital cash management services.

Eastern Bank PLC (EBL) organised the “Women Entrepreneurship Development Summit 2025” at its head office in Dhaka on July 23, bringing together women chambers, business associations and ecosystem partners from across Bangladesh to promote access to finance for women-led enterprises.

The bank released Sustainability and Impact Report 2024 to disclose information about its carbon footprint

The study was prepared using responses from officials of 37 banks

The reviews, initiated in January with backing from the ADB, expose deep-seated financial mismanagement at those banks

Officials from Pan Asia Banking Corporation helped thwart the $20 million cyber fraud attempt

Bangladesh Bank first introduced the sustainability rating system in 2020

The government yesterday suspended an official of the National Board of Revenue on allegations of breaching service discipline by ‘disclosing a highly confidential state document’.

It has to return the fund in 30 days or face a Tk 60 crore fine, the regulator says

Bangladesh Bank purchased another $313 million from 22 commercial banks in an auction yesterday, reacting to the sharp drop in the US dollar rate.

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has lowered the standing deposit facility rate, also known as the reverse repo rate, by 50 basis points to 8 percent, with effect from today.

In January this year, the MD was sent on forced leave over loan irregularities linked with S Alam Group

The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit wants the information by July 15

Deposit and investment growth in the country’s Islamic banks fell to a four-year low in the first quarter of 2025, apparently driven by rising public concerns over the financial stability and governance practices of the commercial lenders.

But 25% of the interest income must go to the Investors’ Protection Fund, says a July 3 gazette

Local banks can now lend up to 60% of project cost to foreign firms

Eleven more banks that were hit by irregularities and scams during the Awami League government’s tenure are set to undergo an asset quality review (AQR) by global audit firms.

Remittance inflows crossed the $30 billion mark on Saturday, two days before the fiscal year is due to end, making it the highest receipts yet in Bangladesh’s history.

Finance ministry sits with different banks to find ways to boost investment in stock market

The Asian Development Bank has approved a $900 million loan to help Bangladesh reform its banking sector and strengthen its resilience to the impacts of climate change.