US top remittance source in Feb
Bangladeshi expatriates in the United States sent home the highest remittance amounting to US$491.26 million in February, according to Bangladesh Bank data...
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Court issues travel bans on 23 people, including ex- BB chief Atiur Rahman
A Dhaka court on Thursday issued travel bans on 23 people, including former Bangladesh Bank governor Atiur Rahman and former Janata bank chairman Abdul Barkat and former managing director Abdul Salam Azad in connection with a corruption case...
Banks in Bangladesh face Tk 1 lakh cr provision shortfall
The banking sector鈥檚 provision shortfall crossed Tk 1 lakh crore for the first time in December 2024, marking a staggering 337 per cent growth in just six months due to increased distressed assets in banks, especially in private commercial ones...
BB to ensure 50pc women staff in agent banking: governor
Bangladesh Bank governor Ahsan H Mansur on Tuesday said that the central bank would soon issue a circular ensuring that 50 per cent workforce of the agent banks would be women...
BB reduces CRR for banks to 3pc amid cash crisis
Bangladesh Bank on Tuesday reduced the cash reserve ratio (CRR) for banks from 3.5 per cent to 3 per cent considering the current poor deposit growth in the banking sector...
Bank officers helped S Alam drain Tk 2,000cr
A recent Bangladesh Bank inspection has revealed that employees of banks previously controlled by S Alam Group systematically facilitated massive, unrecorded cash withdrawals for the controversial conglomerate.
Islamic banks鈥� liquidity surges amid BB bailout
Excess liquidity in Islamic banks surged by Tk 9,272 crore in December compared to September 2024, mainly due to the Bangladesh Bank鈥檚 massive bailout to crisis-hit shariah-based banks...
Guarding against data breach
THE cyberspace of Bangladesh has made the headlines for breaches on many occasions since the reserve theft of the Bangladesh Bank. The recent one took place in late October 2024 when user data of 5,000 people were leaked from web site that sold tickets for an Atif Aslam concert in Dhaka. All this shows that we have a long way to go to protect our digital landscape...
BB sets hours for BACH, RTGS during Ramadan
The Bangladesh Bank has announced a new operational timing for the transactions under Bangladesh Automated Clearing House and Real-Time Gross Settlement for the holy month of Ramadan...
Some sick banks may not survive: BB governor
Bangladesh Bank governor Ahsan H Mansur on Tuesday said that the banks those were hamstrung by classified loans over 80 per cent of their outstanding loans would not survive...
Transactions through MFS likely to cross Tk 25 lakh crore
Transactions through mobile financial services in Bangladesh may exceed Tk 25 lakh crore in 2025, Bangladesh Bank governor Ahsan H Mansur said on Tuesday...
BB sets bank hours for Ramadan
Bangladesh Bank has set new transaction hours for banks during the holy month of Ramadan...
Loan disbursement to CMSME drops by 16pc
Loan disbursements to the Cottage, Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise (CMSME) sector dropped by 16 per cent in the July-September quarter of FY25 compared to the same period in FY24, due to political turmoil and economic instability during the period...
Government to implement AVS to prevent fraud聽聽
Senior officials from Bangladesh Bank and the finance division have announced that the government will implement the Account Verification System nationwide by June to ensure the accuracy of customer accounts as part of its...
Bureaucrats hesitant about reforms: governor
Bangladesh Bank governor Ahsan H Mansur on Thursday expressed disappointment over bureaucracy, saying that bureaucrats were hesitant about reforms...
Court orders to freeze 39 bank accounts of SK Sur
The Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court on Thursday ordered to freeze 39 bank accounts of former deputy governor of Bangladesh Bank Sitangshu Kumar Sur Chowdhury, his wife Suparna Sur Chowdhury and daughter Nandita Sur Chowdhury.
ACC sues Atiur, Barkat, Benazir, 24 others
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday filed a case against 23 people, including former Bangladesh Bank governor Atiur Rahman, former Janata Bank chairman Abul Barkat and AnonTex Group chairman Md Yunus Badal, on charges of embezzling Tk 297 crore...
BB鈥檚 power to dissolve weak banks proposed
The Bangladesh Bank has been granted sweeping powers in the draft of Bank Resolution Ordinance, 2025, allowing it to take over crisis-hit banks, transfer their assets, and hand over operations to a Bridge Banks...
2 ex-governors, 53 other BB officials under ACC scanner
The Anti-Corruption Commission has launched probes into corruption allegations against Bangladesh Bank鈥檚 25 former and serving officials, including former governor Abdur Rouf Talukder.
Lending, deposit through agent banking surge
Lending and deposit collection through banks鈥� agent banking outlets advanced in October-December period of 2024 compared with that in the same period of the previous year...
Banks reschedule Tk 7,355cr as lenient policy remains
Banks rescheduled Tk 7,355 crore in defaulted loans during July-September period of 2024, with 99 per cent of the rescheduling done by private banks as the Bangladesh Bank chose to retain the previous government鈥檚 lenient rescheduling policy...
BB to issue new notes for Eid
Like the previous years, the Bangladesh Bank will issue new notes in the market denominations of Tk聽5, Tk聽20, and Tk聽50 through various scheduled banks of Dhaka region centering the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr...
BB eases loan rescheduling policy for raw-jute exporters
The Bangladesh Bank has eased loan rescheduling policy for raw-jute exporters for the next two years.
NAGAD ADMINISTRATOR: HC dismisses writ petition
The High Court on Sunday dismissed a writ petition challenging the legality of Bangladesh Bank鈥檚 decision to appoint an administrator to oversee Nagad Limited鈥檚 operations after dissolving its board of directors, which was...
Forex transactions thru cards cross Tk 800cr
The volume of foreign currency transactions made through cards surpassed Tk 800 crore in December 2024, the first time in a year, as increased outbound travel during the holiday season boosted spending...
Bangladesh Bank officials protest at attack on Nagad administrator
Bangladesh Bank officials on Thursday strongly condemned attack on Muhammad Badiuzzaman Didar, administrator of Nagad...
Nagad condemns attack on its administrator
Nagad, a leading mobile financial service provider under the Bangladesh Post Office, expresses deep concern and strongly condemns the recent attack on its administrator Muhommad Badiuzzaman Dider by unidentified missceants, said a press release.
Bank deposits surge by Tk 35,743cr in Oct-Dec
Deposits in the country鈥檚 banking sector increased by about Tk 35,743 crore in the three months ending in December 2024, indicating a gradual recovery of depositors鈥� confidence...
Net foreign financing plunges by 67pc
Net foreign financing dropped by 67 per cent in July-November of the financial year 2024-25 compared with the same period in the previous year, as loan repayments exceeded new inflows amid countrywide unrests...
S Alam鈥檚 brother Labu embezzles Tk 10cr from Al Arafah鈥檚 CSR
Al-Arafah Islami Bank former chairman Abdus Samad Labu, brother of S Alam, has allegedly embezzled Tk 10 crore from the bank鈥檚 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) fund, according to a Bangladesh Bank inspection report...