The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party said on Sunday that Bangladesh Bank restricted entry of journalists to the central bank to hide corruption and looting of the people close to the ruling Awami League....
Dhaka Union of Journalists, Dhaka Reporters鈥� Unity and Transparency International Bangladesh in separate statements condemned Bangladesh Bank鈥檚 decision of banning journalists鈥� entry into the central bank headquarters....
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...
Bangladesh Bank has barred journalists from entering the central bank premises for over a month, sparking dissatisfaction among journalists and...
The Anti-Corruption Commission sent a letter to the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit of Bangladesh Bank on Thursday, seeking...
The Bangladesh Bank has received about $1.48 billion from banks under its currency swap arrangement which began on February 15...
The Bangladesh Bank sold $11.67 billion from its foreign exchange reserves to banks in less than 10 months amid a severe dollar crisis faced by the country鈥檚 banks...
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...
A training course on 鈥楥ertified Ethical Hacking鈥� inaugurated at Bangladesh Computer Council in Dhaka on Sunday with the participation of 15 officials of Bangladesh Bank ICT Cell to strengthen the cyber security of state security and financial institutions...
Departmental stores were the primary destination for credit card transactions, accounting for 49.61 per cent of transactions in February, according to a Bangladesh Bank report...
The weighted average interest rate spread in Bangladesh鈥檚 banking sector exceeded 5 per cent in February after 2015, driven by rising lending rates...
Private sector short-term foreign loans dropped further in February as businesses prioritised repaying existing loans over taking new ones. According to Bangladesh Bank data...
An International Monetary Fund mission will arrive in the capital next week to review targets, including the underachieved forex reserves, regarding its $4.7 billion loan programme...
The gross foreign exchange reserves in Bangladesh, according to the International Monetary Fund guidelines, dropped to $19.89 billion again on Wednesday.
Deposits in commercial banks increased by 10.43 per cent year-on-year in February, primarily due to a rise in the banks鈥� interest rates....
The Bangladesh Bank has reset the interest rate on the pre-finance facility under the support safety retrofits and environmental upgrades programme...
The number of bank accounts held by the extreme poor has been declining, with deposits in these accounts remaining sluggish, due mainly to high living costs, according to bankers...
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...
A large portion of expatriates鈥� income remittances in Bangladesh comes through the bank branches located in Dhaka, according to a Bangladesh Bank analysis on the district-wise scenario of inward remittances...
The private sector credit growth in the country remained stagnant in February due to a combination of factors, including a liquidity shortage, reduced loan disbursement capacity by banks and the ongoing economic challenges...
Crisis-hit BASIC Bank is likely to merge with City Bank following the government鈥檚 decision on merger of four state-owned banks...
Banks鈥� profitability declined in the December-end quarter as both of their return on assets (ROA) and return on equity (ROE) reduced in the period...
Import restrictions on luxury items and other policies implemented by the government during the past two years have failed to tackle the dollar shortage and ease the economic crisis.
In聽January 2024, the Bangladesh Bank issued the monetary policy for the second half of the 2023鈥�24 financial year. In it, the central bank aims to adopt a crawling peg to curb exchange rate volatility, raise the policy interest rate...
THE Bangladesh Bank coming to ask non-bank financial institutions to identify wilful loan defaulters and take action against them is welcome. The central bank has also asked the institutions...
The Bangladesh Bank on Thursday issued a guideline, specifying the process, requirements and its policy or liquidity support for successful bank mergers...
The Bangladesh Bank on Wednesday asked the country鈥檚 non-bank financial institutions to form unit by April 30 for identifying wilful loan defaulters as per the central bank鈥檚 guidelines...
