The interim government has decided to create a special fund using recovered money and assets from individuals accused of embezzlement and money laundering, aiming to compensate affected bank depositors and assist low-income communities...
A Dhaka court on Sunday set July 2 to submit a probe report in the case lodged over Bangladesh Bank reserve heist that took place in 2016...
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...
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...
The foreign exchange market remained largely stable on Thursday following the Bangladesh Bank鈥檚 announcement to adopt a market-based exchange rate system in line with the International Monetary Fund鈥檚 conditions...
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鈥檚 long-standing managed rate regime...
Some banks may face delisting from Bangladesh鈥檚 stock exchanges under the Bank Resolution Ordinance 2025, which empowers Bangladesh Bank with sweeping authority to restructure or dissolve financially distressed scheduled banks...
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...
Bangladesh Bank has raised the limit of funds to be sent abroad for medical treatment expenses from $10,000 to $15,000.
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has stayed Bangladesh Bank鈥檚 August 21, 2024 decision to dissolve Nagad Limited鈥檚 board of directors and appoint an administrator to oversee its operations.
The interim government has promulgated an ordinance, allowing the Bangladesh Bank, the central bank of the country, to take over any crisis-hit bank, transfer its assets and hand over the bank鈥檚 operations to a bridge bank.
The Bangladesh Bank has tightened its oversight on overseas operations of local banks, mandating strict conditions before they can establish foreign branches, subsidiaries, or invest in offshore entities.
Bangladesh Bank has barred bank directors, their family members, and affiliated business entities from obtaining loans exceeding 50 per cent of the face value of their shareholding in the respective bank.
Prime Bank PLC has signed an agreement with the Bangladesh Bank to implement an entrepreneurship development programme for CMSMEs as part of 鈥楽kills for Industry Competitiveness and Innovation Programme鈥� project funded by the Asian Development Bank, said a press release...
Mercantile Bank PLC has signed an agreement with the Bangladesh Bank to implement an entrepreneurship development programme titled 鈥楽kills for Industry Competitiveness and Innovation Programme鈥� under the Finance Division, said a press release...
Bangladesh鈥檚 current account deficit narrowed significantly in the first nine months of the 2024-25 financial year, mainly due to a robust increase in remittance inflows, according to the latest data released by Bangladesh Bank...
Pubali Bank PLC has signed an agreement with the Bangladesh Bank to implement an entrepreneurship development programme titled 鈥楽kills for Industry Competitiveness and Innovation Programme鈥� under the Finance Division, said a press release...
The opening of letters of credit (LCs) for imports rose in the first nine months of the 2024鈥�25 fiscal year, displaying a gradual recovery in business activity after months of political turmoil...
Nineteen out of 36 banks listed on the stock market could not announce dividends for the 2024 financial year within the stipulated deadline as they failed to obtain approval from Bangladesh Bank...
The country鈥檚 remittance inflow witnessed a year-on-year growth of 34.6 per cent, reaching $2.75 billion in聽April...
Banks rescheduled Tk 35,850 crore in defaulted loans during October-December period of 2024, with over 98 per cent of the rescheduling done by private banks...
Deposits in the country鈥檚 banking sector grew by 7.9 per cent in February compared with that in the same month in 2024...
Green financing by banks and non-bank financial institutions increased in the October-December quarter compared with that in the previous quarter...
The Bangladesh Bank on Thursday allowed mobile operators to collect payments in the local currency taka for roaming services used by resident Bangladeshi travelers...
The volume of foreign currency transactions made through cards declined to two years low in February due to unstable political and economic situation...
Bangladesh Bank on Tuesday allowed authorised examination centres conducting international examinations such as O-Level, A-Level, TOEFL, and SAT in the country to collect fees in taka and remit the equivalent foreign currency...
The strong inflow of remittances has continued into April, with expatriates sending $1.78 billion in the first 19 days of the month...
The Bangladesh Bank on Sunday allowed banks to make payments against discrepant import bills if the importer accepts the discrepancies on reasonable grounds...
The dollar holdings of Bangladesh鈥檚 commercial banks increased for the third consecutive month in March, due mainly to a sharp rise in remittance inflows and export earnings, according to Bangladesh Bank data...
Spending abroad using Bangladeshi credit cards declined by about 16 per cent in February, while expenditure by foreign credit cardholders in Bangladesh saw an increase, according to the latest report from Bangladesh Bank...