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Defaulted loans hit record Tk 4.2 lakh crore

The amount of non-performing loans in the country’s banking sector has soared by Tk 74,570 crore in just three months to reach Tk 4.20 lakh crore at the end of March 2025, according to the Bangladesh Bank.

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Merger of 5 Islamic banks to begin soon: governor

Five Shariah-based banks are set to be merged into a single entity, with the process beginning possibly next month, Bangladesh Bank governor Ahsan H Mansur said at a press briefing on Sunday...

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Loan release for leather sector falls short of target

The Bangladesh Bank’s initiative to inject Tk 232 crore into the leather sector for procuring rawhide during Eid-ul-Azha has fallen significantly short, with only Tk 125 crore disbursed to businesses, according to industry insiders...

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RMG export earnings over $6b in Q3

The net exports of the readymade garment items stood at $6.09 billion in the January-March quarter or third quarter of the current financial year 2024-25, according to the Bangladesh Bank...

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Bank accounts with over Tk 1cr decline

The number of bank accounts holding deposits of over Tk 1 crore declined by 719 in March due to poor business environment in the country...

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Current account deficit reduced in July-Apr

Bangladesh’s current account deficit shrank sharply in the first ten months of the 2024–25 fiscal year, driven largely by a surge in remittance inflows, according to the latest data released by Bangladesh Bank...

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Riba, money and interest paradox

THIS article aims to respond to the recent directives of the Bangladesh Bank, suggesting that banks may not share profits with their depositors. This raises a foundational question: what are the sources of these profits? More broadly, what are the sources of income that allow Bangladesh Bank and commercial banks to pay salaries and employee benefits and cover their...

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SC clears way for BB-appointed administrator to run Nagad

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday paved the way for a Bangladesh Bank-appointed administrator to manage the operations of Nagad Limited, staying an earlier order by its chamber judge that had temporarily halted the central bank’s decision.

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Remittance inflow surges

Remittance inflow has soared by 29 per cent in July-May period in 2025 compared with that in the same period in the previous year...

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BB to release newly designed banknotes into market from June 1

Bangladesh Bank has taken an initiative to release a new series of banknotes across all denominations — Tk 1,000, Tk 500, Tk 200, Tk 100, Tk 50, Tk 20, Tk 10, Tk 5, and Tk 2 — under the theme ‘Historic and Archaeological structures of Bangladesh.’

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Banks to operate in industrial areas on June 5, 11, 12

Branches of the scheduled banks in the readymade garments industrial areas will remain open on June 5, 11 and 12 to facilitate payment of garment workers’ salary, Eid bonus, allowances and export-import activities.

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BB lets banks send fees for language courses abroad

The Bangladesh Bank has widened access to foreign currency for overseas education by allowing banks to release foreign currency for language courses abroad without prior approval from the central bank...

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Issues that need to be shored up to stabilise market system

PERSISTENT food inflation, largely caused by a fragmented, inefficient market system, has placed millions of fixed- and low-income people in a precarious situation. Market experts, the consumers’ association and independent studies have for long pointed out the issue. Now, the Bangladesh Bank says that an inefficient market system, characterised by supply chain...

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Inefficient market system drives up food costs: BB study

Despite adequate production in many cases, Bangladeshi consumers are paying significantly more for essential food items – rice, potatoes, onions, eggs, and broiler chicken – due to a fragmented and inefficient market system...

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Prime Bank holds school banking confce in Rajshahi

Prime Bank PLC, in collaboration with all scheduled banks operating in Rajshahi, successfully organised the School Banking Conference-2025 at the Rajshahi Zila Parishad auditorium on Saturday, aiming to foster financial literacy and promote the habit of savings among school students for addressing the financial inclusion guidelines of Bangladesh Bank...

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Bangladesh Bank caps passport endorsement fee at Tk 300

Bangladesh Bank on Saturday instructed commercial banks not to charge more than Tk 300 as a passport endorsement fee and prohibited them from imposing any additional service charges or commissions under the guise of foreign currency sales...

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Dollar market mostly stable

The foreign exchange market remained largely stable on Thursday following the Bangladesh Bank’s announcement to adopt a market-based exchange rate system in line with the International Monetary Fund’s conditions...

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Economists for vigilance as BB frees dollar rate

Bangladesh Bank governor Ahsan H Mansur on Wednesday said that the exchange rate of the US dollar would now be determined by market forces, shifting from the country’s long-standing managed rate regime...

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Some banks may face delisting from stock market

Some banks may face delisting from Bangladesh’s stock exchanges under the Bank Resolution Ordinance 2025, which empowers Bangladesh Bank with sweeping authority to restructure or dissolve financially distressed scheduled banks...

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Jamuna Bank to host training for entrepreneurs

Jamuna Bank PLC has signed an agreement with the Bangladesh Bank to provide training to emerging entrepreneurs under Skills for Industry Competitiveness and Innovation Programme for the 2025-2027 period, said a press release...