Amnesty for black money should not exist: new NBR chairman

Today was the first day for Abdur Rahman Khan as NBR chairman
18 August 2024, 08:41 AM

Loans from Janata, NBL: S Alam, Nassa got Tk 2,544cr waiver in breach of rules

Chattogram-based conglomerate S Alam Group and garment manufacturer Nassa Group were given interest waivers amounting to Tk 2,544 crore bypassing banking rules, in a testament to the outsize influence oligarchs had on the banking sector during the Awami League-led government of the past 15 years.
15 August 2024, 18:00 PM

Salman used clout to help businesses secure loans

Salman F Rahman is known for using his influence to get bank loans for Beximco Group by bending rules, but documents seen by this newspaper have revealed how he helped others secure credit, or at least tried to.
15 August 2024, 18:00 PM

Provide info on bank accounts of S Alam, family

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has asked for bank account details of Chattogram-based businessman Mohammed Saiful Alam and his family members to check if they have been paying their taxes properly.
15 August 2024, 18:00 PM

Dhaka Bank obtains ISO cybersecurity certification

Dhaka Bank recently achieved a significant milestone by obtaining the ISO certification for advanced cybersecurity standards..Conferred by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), this certification provides a comprehensive framework designed to help organisations safeguar
15 August 2024, 15:35 PM

Banks asked to freeze accounts of Shafiqul Islam Shimul, family members

Transactions in their accounts will remain suspended for 30 days
15 August 2024, 14:31 PM

NBR seeks bank details of S Alam, his family members

The tax zone 15 of the tax administrator sent letters to 91 banks and financial institutions
15 August 2024, 11:19 AM

BB officers’ council demands full autonomy of Bangladesh Bank

The council also recommended amendment to the Bangladesh Bank Order 1972
15 August 2024, 09:52 AM

Uncertainty remains heightened in Bangladesh amid political transition: Fitch

The American rating agency assumes the effects to be temporary, and that political stability is restored and sustained
15 August 2024, 08:25 AM

Beximco leaves Janata Bank in poor health

What is the purpose of a single borrower exposure limit? It is to ensure that a bank’s fortune is not tied to the ebb and flow of a conglomerate’s business.
14 August 2024, 18:00 PM

Nazrul Huda becomes Rupali Bank chairman

Nazrul Huda, a former deputy governor who served the Bangladesh Bank for 35 years, was appointed as director and chairman of Rupali Bank for the next three years..The Financial Institutions Division of the Ministry of Finance issued a circular to this end yesterday..The post had been
14 August 2024, 14:23 PM

Won’t let money launderers sleep peacefully: BB governor

International support will be taken to bring them to book, says Ahsan H Mansur
14 August 2024, 12:40 PM

Hasina’s 15-year rule made banking sector fragile: ABB chairman

The condition is worse than what one can imagine, says Selim RF Hussain
14 August 2024, 11:34 AM

Shayan F Rahman removed as IFIC director

Ahmed Shayan Fazlur Rahman, the son of Salman F Rahman, lost his directorship at the IFIC Bank due to loan defaults.
13 August 2024, 18:00 PM

BRAC Bank, VisionSpring sign deal to screen 15,500 people’s vision

BRAC Bank recently signed an agreement with VisionSpring, a US-based social enterprise, to extend complimentary eye care through the bank’s corporate social responsibility initiative dedicated to health, named ‘Aporajeyo Ami’..Sabbir Hossain, deputy managing director and chief operating of
13 August 2024, 14:58 PM

Bank Asia donates Tk 10 lakh to Gulshan Society under CSR

Bank Asia donated Tk 10 lakh as part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR) to Gulshan Society, a community organisation, for cleaning and desilting the Gulshan Lake..Sohail RK Hussain, managing director of Bank Asia, handed over a cheque to Omar Sadat, president of Gulshan Society,
13 August 2024, 14:45 PM

Banks asked to freeze accounts of Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, family members

The BFIU asked to freeze the accounts after getting reports about suspicious transactions in their names
13 August 2024, 12:59 PM

M Masrur Reaz, new BSEC chairman

He will be in the post for the next four years
13 August 2024, 10:54 AM

Ahsan H Mansur likely to be next Bangladesh Bank governor

He will be the 13th governor of the central bank
13 August 2024, 09:06 AM

Freeze accounts of former land minister, his wife: BFIU to banks

Instruction has also been given to find if there is any bank account in the names of other members of the former minister
12 August 2024, 11:47 AM