NBFIs can now offer 9.7% for deposits, 12.7% for lending

Why has no investigation taken place to explore on which grounds and for whose benefit the lion’s share of the climate fund was deposited in the Farmers Bank?

The 75 basis-point rise in policy rate will be effective from Oct 5

The forward forex rate will be Tk 113.85 a US dollar

The Bangladesh Bank (BB) is yet to receive any official communication neither from the US authorities nor from the Asian Clearing Union (ACU) regarding restriction on processing payments linked to the ACU.

The central bank instruction came from a meeting between Governor Abdur Rouf Talukder and a delegation of the Association of Bankers Bangladesh (ABB)

Economist Wahiduddin Mahmud says in meeting with Bangladesh Bank

The leaders of the Federation of Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) have sought the cooperation of the central bank so that the interest rate on loans does not increase by a large margin.

Bangladesh Bank yesterday barred transferring the value-added portion of export proceeds to other banks for settling the exporters’ import liabilities.

The interest rate of the refinance scheme has been lowered to 5% from the previous 6%

Bangladesh Bank’s income from foreign currency reserves has gone up 108 percent year-on-year to Tk 6,000 crore in fiscal year 2022-23, as per the central bank’s annual report. 

The bank did not take prior approval for re-electing Ron as a director

People are increasingly opting for keeping cash, which is a major concern in this era of digital banking as it indicates a lack of trust in banks, said Bangladesh Bank Governor Abdur Rouf Talukder yesterday. 

Some web-based services of the central bank would remain inaccessible from 8pm on Monday to 8am on Wednesday as it would carry out emergency system maintenance activities, said the Bangladesh Bank in a notice yesterday.

Some web-based services of the central bank would remain inaccessible from 8pm on Monday to 8am on Wednesday as it would carry out emergency system maintenance activities, said the Bangladesh Bank in a notice today.

"I was fighting, trying to elevate Bangladesh to the highest level, but it seems I've lost. My job has defeated me in the battle," said Mohammad Shamsuzzaman Arafat, Ironman World Championship-participating triathlete.

The Bangladesh Bank on Sunday set the target of agriculture and rural credit disbursement for banks at Tk 35,000 crore for the 2023-2024 fiscal year.

Recent trends seem to care too little about the wise art of deficit financing.

Banks will verify the thumb impressions with EC database

Interbank transactions through Bangladesh Bank's Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) system resumed today after the central bank resolved the technical glitch in the system, said an official.