Bangladesh Bank made over Tk 26,000 crore profit in FY26
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Bangladesh repaid 3 times more in foreign loans than it received in July
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Tk 2,000 crore pre-financing fund formed for frozen food exporters
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HSBC announces Tk 10 crore aid for Ctg flood-hit families
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MIDAS Financing to sell three commercial properties
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MTB to raise Tk 500cr capital
28 August 2026
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Organisation News
New guarantee window opened for local partners of foreign firms
27 August 2026
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Sammilito Islami Bank files 10,000 cases to recover defaulted loans
27 August 2026
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Mutual Trust Bank to raise Tk 500cr capital
27 August 2026
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Meghna Bank to raise ৳400 crore through subordinated bond
25 August 2026
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Tax on provident funds' income: One country, dual policy
A provision in the Income Tax Act 2023 created the discrimination
26 March 2024
SWIFT planning launch of new central bank digital currency platform in 12-24 months
The move is likely to be fine-tuned to when the first major ones are launched
26 March 2024
NBFI top brass to be judged on bad loan recovery
Bangladesh Bank has issued a detailed guideline today, including default loan recovery targets, alongside criteria over the appointment, reappointment and responsibilities of managing directors and chief executive officers (CEOs) of non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs).
25 March 2024
Dhaka bourse's index falls for second straight day
The DSEX lost 66.73 points to close at 5,834
25 March 2024
20 plates of rice, 118 plates of curries for a lunch of 4!
NRBC Bank’s top managers have great appetites.
22 March 2024
Dubious reward for a select few
Only a select 27 employees of NRBC Bank were given salary hikes, and that too astonishingly, in 2022 in violation of banking rules as well as NRBC’s own human resources policy
22 March 2024
NRBC branch covered up capital flight
Export proceeds worth at least $3.45 million (Tk 34.41 crore) were not repatriated by six customers of NRB Commercial Bank’s Uttara branch, and the bank concealed the trail of the capital flight, according to the bank’s internal audit and case documents.
21 March 2024
Gold price hiked to Tk 114,074, a new record
The new rate comes two days after a price cut
21 March 2024
Four insurers show-caused for Tk 264 crore unsettled claims
The four are: Sunflower Life Insurance, Progressive Life Insurance Company, Sunlife Insurance Company and Homeland Life Insurance Company
21 March 2024
Gun in NRBC Bank boardroom
During the 40th board meeting of NRBC Bank on February 7, 2016, current Chairman Tamal Parvez and Director Adnan Imam entered the boardroom accompanied by a man carrying a large gun. Both Tamal and Adnan were board directors back then.
20 March 2024
Shop owners lambast ‘meaningless’ price fixing of 29 commodities
They demand cancellation of the prices fixed by the Department of Agricultural Marketing on March 15
19 March 2024
Gold to be Tk 1,750 cheaper from tomorrow
Each bhori 22-carat gold will cost Tk 111,158
19 March 2024
Exim-Padma Bank merger to take at least 18 months
The planned merger of Shariah-based Exim Bank and struggling Padma Bank is likely to take between 18 months to two-and-a-half years to complete, according to central bank officials.
18 March 2024
Banks can't impose any fine on supervision charges: BB
New guideline on supervision charge issued
18 March 2024
‘Govt agencies extorting restaurants in the name of raids’
The Bangladesh Restaurant Owners' Association (BROA) claims
18 March 2024
Exim Bank, Padma sign MoU for merger
The MoU will open the process of merger
18 March 2024
How far a tough central bank can help?
All stakeholders, including the citizenry, have for years been warning about the deteriorating health of Bangladesh's banking sector. Hard data such as those on the prevalence of default loans have also been indicating the same. .A recent Bangladesh Bank report is the latest to reaffirm
16 March 2024
BRAC Bank launches bancassurance service
The bank will initially offer insurance products from MetLife Bangladesh and Green Delta Insurance
14 March 2024
Forex reserves fall below $20 billion after import payments
$1.29 billion import bills cleared last week, which brought down the reserves to $19.99 billion on Wednesday
14 March 2024
SM Mannan Kochi nominated as new BGMEA president
Syed Nazrul Islam new first vice-president and Khandoker Rafiqul Islam senior vice-president
14 March 2024