Champion boxer Sura Krishna Chakma has joined United Commercial Bank PLC (UCB). During an illustrious career of more than a decade, Sura has not only made a mark at the national level but has also participated in numerous international events as a proud representative of the nation.
THIS is disconcerting that the Green Climate Fund, set up by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in 2010 to help developing countries to respond to climate change, is not serving intended purposes because of...
The Transparency International Bangladesh on Tuesday raised corruption allegations against the Green Climate Fund, the largest global climate fund for...
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday filed a case against two people, including former United Commercial Bank Limited managing director M Shahjahan Bhuiyan, on charges of embezzling Tk109 crore...
The Federal Reserve should stick to its current mandate and avoid the 鈥榬egulatory distraction鈥� of tackling climate risk, a senior official at the US central bank said Friday...
AN INCREASE in the moveable assets of candidates re-running for the position of the chair in the upazila council elections in the first phase that take place today, as Transparency International Bangladesh findings show, and an issue that...
National Bank Limited chairman Khalilur Rahman on Monday said that the bank has not been taken over by any business group, and directors have been appointed to the bank by the government...
The Bangladesh Bank on Sunday reconstituted the board of the National Bank Limited keeping out five members, including chairman Syed Ferhat Anwar, managing director Tohidul Alam Khan and director Parveen Haque Sikder, of the eight-member board now dissolved...
THE debate about the personal data protection law and the demand for the institution of an independent commission for data protection have come up again when Transparency International Bangladesh...
German inflation was unchanged in April, official data showed Monday, holding at a three-year low as hopes grow that the European Central Bank will soon start cutting interest rates...
The Transparency International Bangladesh and ARTICLE 19 on Sunday demanded the formation of an independent data protection commission to ensure...
Plan International Bangladesh celebrated 30 years of glorious journey in Bangladesh on Thursday at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon grand ballroom to celebrate...
THE Bangladesh Bank has so far made the headlines countless times for ills such as weak regulatory affairs, failures to recover loans in default, affording advantages to wilful defaulters, under-preparedness or no preparedness at all to...
Transparency International Bangladesh on Friday expressed deep concern over the recent restrictions on journalists鈥� entry to Bangladesh Bank...
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday approved a charge sheet against 22 people, including former NRB Global Bank managing director Prashanta Kumar Halder, for embezzling Tk 103 crore from International Leasing and Financial Services Limited.....
Transparency International Bangladesh in a statement on Tuesday said that the arbitrary announcement of certain bank mergers, coupled with concerns among well-performing banks involved in the process and unwillingness of some underperforming banks, had worsened anxiety, unrest, and uncertainty within the banking sector.....
FOR the last couple of months, mergers and acquisitions of banks have been the talk of the town. Many developments in the banking sector have been coming to the fore at regular intervals, thanks to the...
The Bangladesh Bank has decided not to accept any further proposals for bank mergers at the moment, as it has already received five proposals for mergers, according to a senior official of the central bank...