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...
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BRAC Bank wins Qorus Reinvention Award
BRAC Bank has been honoured with Qorus Reinvention Award 2025 for its innovation in expanding access to finance and markets through digitalisation, focusing on women and marginalised communities, said a press release...
SEB hosts workshop on export transaction reporting
Southeast Bank PLC has recently organised a training workshop titled 鈥業mportance of timely and errorless reporting of Export transactions in Online Export Monitoring System鈥� for representatives of its exporter clients, said a press release...
Dhaka Bank distributes agricultural machinery in Sirajganj
Dhaka Bank PLC distributed modern agricultural machinery among approximately 300 local farmers of Belkuchi Upazila in Sirajganj as part of its special corporate social responsibility (agriculture), said press release...
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...
MDB opens relocated Noapara sub-branch in Jashore
Midland Bank PLC on Monday inaugurated its relocated Noapara sub-branch at 26 Buikara, Kalahata, Joshore-Khulna Highway, Noapara pourashava, Aboynagar thana in Jashore, said a press release...
Masato Kanda assumes office as ADB chief
Masato Kanda today officially assumed office as the 11th President of the Asian Development Bank...
BB sets bank hours for Ramadan
Bangladesh Bank has set new transaction hours for banks during the holy month of Ramadan...
Latif appointed as Citizens Bank DMD
Md Abdul Latif has been appointed as deputy managing director of Citizens Bank PLC, said a press release...
Israel accused of wanting to 鈥榓nnex West Bank by force鈥�
Palestinian group Islamic Jihad on Monday accused Israel of wanting to 鈥榓nnex the West Bank by force鈥� after Israel deployed tanks into the occupied territory for the first time in decades.
Israel to keep troops in West Bank camps
Israel on Sunday said troops would stay in West Bank refugee camps for the coming year, announcing expanded military operations including tank deployments, after the displacement of tens of thousands of Palestinians...
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...
Sonargaon Hotel rolls out Ramadan offers
Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel, with Islami Bank as exclusive brand partner, has rolled out offers and facilities on the occasion of Ramadan, the fasting month for Muslims beginning in the first week of March, said a press release...
Bank Asia organises AML, CFT conference
Bank Asia PLC has organised the annual 鈥楢ML and CFT Conference 2025鈥� with the theme 鈥楢ML-CFT: fostering and enduring a culture of compliance鈥� to enhance anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism knowledge...
Mosttafa Shazzad Hasan joins Prime Bank as independent director
Certified forensic accountant, chartered accountant and corporate legal expert M Mosttafa Shazzad Hasan has recently joined the board of directors of Prime Bank PLC as independent director.
Pubali Bank eyes expansion of remittance business
The two-day 鈥楢nnual Managers鈥� Conference 2025鈥� participated by all 508 branch managers, regional managers and senior executives of head office of Pubali Bank was held at hotel Long Beach at Cox鈥檚 Bazar recently.
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...
ECB rate hikes result in 7.9b-euro loss in 2024
The European Central bank on Thursday reported a record loss in 2024 after it had aggressively hiked eurozone interest rates in response to soaring inflation...
Dhaka Bank, UCBD sign deal to empower students
Dhaka Bank PLC and Universal College Bangladesh have signed an agreement to empower students, said a press release...
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...
Court freezes bank accounts of Nasrul, wife
A Dhaka court on Wednesday passed an order to freeze 20 bank accounts of former state minister for power, energy and mineral resources Nasrul Hamid and his wife Seema Hamid...
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...
Meghna Bank sponsors Gulshan Youth Club women鈥檚 cricket team
Meghna Bank has officially become sponsor of premier division women鈥檚 cricket team of Gulshan Youth Club for the 2024-25 season, said a press release...
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.
Loan defaulting dairy trader arrested
Md Sirajul Islam, the proprietor of Messrs Momina Logistic Point and Messrs Momina Dairy Industries, a loan defaulter as per a case filed by One Bank PLC, has been arrested...
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...
Mostafizur appointed as DMD of Citizens Bank
Md Mostafizur Rahman has been appointed as deputy managing director of Citizens Bank PLC, said a press release...