BB rates City Bank as No 1 in its sustainability rating 2024
City Bank has secured the top position in the Sustainability Rating 2024 conducted by Bangladesh Bank.
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Tk 1.6 lakh crore default loans stuck in cases
Court stay orders has shielded 1,086 borrowers from being classified as defaulters, forcing banks to show Tk聽1.63 lakh crore in unpaid loans as regular, according to a Bangladesh Bank report...
BB relaxes credit rating rules
Bangladesh Bank has relaxed its Internal Credit Risk Rating System (ICRRS) guidelines for banks, allowing them to approve, renew, or adjust loans for borrowers with an 鈥榰nacceptable鈥� credit rating...
BB governor stresses capital market鈥檚 role for revenue
Bangladesh Bank governor Ahsan H Mansur has said that the capital market should be prioritised as an alternative source of revenue collection, given the lack of progress in traditional methods...
BFIU chief sent on forced leave amid controversies
Bangladesh Bank has sent Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit chief AFM Shahinul Islam on mandatory leave following a series of controversies...
Loans worth Tk 1.33 lakh crore turn NPL again
Nearly 39 per cent of rescheduled loans have slipped back into default, exposing the ineffectiveness of repeated rescheduling as a tool for reducing non-performing loans...
Call money market turnover jumps 32pc
The transaction at the interbank call money market, a key source of short-term liquidity among banks, surged significantly in July 2025 as banks redirected their idle funds to the overnight market instead of placing them with Bangladesh Bank鈥檚 Standing Deposit Facility (SDF)...
$1.2b remitted in 16 days of August
Expatriates sent US$1.26 billion in remittances to Bangladesh in the first 16 days of August, according to the latest data from Bangladesh Bank...
Import of RMG raw materials rises by 9.9pc
The country鈥檚 imports聽of raw materials for the readymade garment sector witnessed a growth of 9.9 per cent in the financial year 2024-25, according to Bangladesh Bank data...
Govt borrows Tk7,438cr from Bangladesh Bank
The government borrowed Tk 7,438 crore from the banking system in July, the first month of the 2025鈥�26 financial year, to meet budgetary expenditure, according to Bangladesh Bank data...
CID finds involvement of five foreign nationals in Bangladesh Bank heist
Nationals from five countries were involved in the Bangladesh Bank reserve heist that occurred in February of 2016, according to a senior official at the Criminal Investigation Department, the investigating agency of the cyber heist...
Remittances hit $1.14b in 13 days
Bangladesh received US$ 1.14 billion in remittances in the first 13 days of August of the fiscal year 2025-26...
Internet banking penetration surges
Internet banking adoption in Bangladesh reached nearly 44 per cent of the total population by March 2025, marking a sharp rise from just over 25 per cent in December 2019, according to the Bangladesh Bank鈥檚 data...
BFIU seeks bank info of 3 EX-governors, 6 others
The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit has instructed all banks to immediately provide account details and transaction records of three former Bangladesh Bank governors, four ex-deputy governors, and two former BFIU chiefs.
Finance adviser cautious about Bangladesh Bank autonomy
Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Tuesday said that autonomy did not mean the freedom of doing everything and everything could not be given away to the private sector.
Bangladesh Bank sets Tk 39,000 crore farm loan target for FY26
The Bangladesh Bank on Tuesday increased the agricultural loan disbursement target for the current financial year, 2025鈥�26, to Tk 39,000 crore, up by 2.63 per cent from the past year鈥檚 Tk 38,000 crore target.
BB buys $83m more from banks in dollar auction
The Bangladesh Bank on Sunday purchased $83 million more from 11 banks through a dollar auction as part of its ongoing strategy to curb the depreciation of the US dollar against taka and revitalize the remittance and export sectors...
BB eases foreign currency rules for foreign investors
Bangladesh Bank has relaxed the foreign currency rules for exporters in specialized zones like Export Processing Zones (EPZs), Private Export Processing Zones (PEPZs), Economic Zones, and High-Tech Parks to retain foreign currency...
Bangladesh鈥檚 banking sector pulled back from the brink: BB governor
Bangladesh鈥檚 banking sector has managed to pull back from the brink over the past year, Bangladesh Bank governor Ahsan H Mansur said on Sunday, crediting a series of measures taken since he assumed office...
Net NSC sales remain negative for 3 years
Net sales of National Savings Certificates (NSCs) remained negative for the third consecutive year in FY 2024鈥�25, driven by prolonged inflation, shifting investor preferences, and changes in government borrowing priorities...
Banks disburse 98pc of farm loan target
Banks disbursed Tk 37,326 crore in agricultural loans during the 2024-25 financial year, which was slightly lower than the total disbursement target for FY25, according to Bangladesh Bank data...
Forex reserve crosses $30b again
The country鈥檚 gross foreign exchange reserve has once again crossed $30 billion amid increased remittance and export earnings...
Banks asked to record opposing views of board members
The Bangladesh Bank has made it mandatory for all banks accurately documenting the board members鈥� opinions, including dissenting views or Notes of Dissent, in the official minutes of board and committee meetings...
No BB action yet against 1,500 wilful defaulters
Although banks have already identified more than 1,500 wilful loan defaulters, the Bangladesh Bank remains indecisive over taking disciplinary action against such defaulters, exacerbating the country鈥檚 non-performing loan crisis...
Remittance inflow surges by 29pc
Remittance inflow has soared by 29.47 per cent in July compared with that in the same month in the previous year...
Macroeconomic pressures to persist in Jul-Dec: Mansur
The Bangladesh Bank in its new monetary policy statement said that the country will continue to face significant macroeconomic challenges in the first half of fiscal year 2025鈥�26 due to persistent domestic vulnerabilities and growing external risks...
Tight monetary policy harming trade: DCCI
The Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry has raised serious concerns over Bangladesh Bank鈥檚 continued contractionary monetary policy, warning that high interest rates and declining credit growth are choking trade, investment and industrial activity...
BB sticks to tight monetary policy
The Bangladesh Bank is set to announce its monetary policy statement for the first half (July鈥揇ecember) of the 2025鈥�26 fiscal year, reaffirming its tight monetary stance aimed at bringing down inflation to 6.5 per cent by June 2026...
AB Bank concludes entrepreneurship dev prog
AB Bank PLC has recently concluded a month-long 鈥榚ntrepreneur development programme鈥� under SICIP project of SME abd Special Programs Department of the Bangladesh Bank鈥檚 in Cox鈥檚 Bazar...
LC opening for imports edges up
The opening of letters of credit (LCs) for imports increased slightly in the fiscal year 2024鈥�25, suggesting a modest recovery in trade activity following months of political unrest and economic uncertainty...