35.7pc loans of NBFIs now defaulted
Defaulted loans at Non-Bank Financial Institutions (NBFIs) in Bangladesh amounted to Tk 27,541 crore, representing 35.72 per cent of total loans as of June 2025.
Defaulted loans at Non-Bank Financial Institutions (NBFIs) in Bangladesh amounted to Tk 27,541 crore, representing 35.72 per cent of total loans as of June 2025.
The Financial Institutions Division in a meeting decided to ask the attorney general office, the ministry of home and the ministry of law to extend more cooperation to expedite the recovery of the defaulted loans...
THIS is unfortunate that the Bangladesh Bank needs to show Tk 1,631.5 billion that is, in fact, defaulted loans, as of June, as regular loans and classify 1,086 borrowers, averagely owing Tk 1.5 billion, from being defaulters because of court orders. A central bank report says that such a high number of borrowers have filed writ petitions with the court to secure protection...
Banks rescheduled Tk 7,909 crore in defaulted loans during the January鈥揗arch period of 2025 as Bangladesh Bank continued the previous government鈥檚 lenient rescheduling policy...
Ten commercial banks collectively had over Tk 3 lakh crore in defaulted loans as of March 2025, accounting for nearly 71.4 per cent of the total Tk 4.2 lakh crore non-performing loans in the country鈥檚 banking sector...
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...
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...
THE failure of the authorities to take measures to discipline and facilitate the ailing non-bank financial institution sector, crippled by an abnormally high defaulted loans, is unacceptable. More than 70 per cent of non-bank financial institutions are about to collapse. The Bangladesh Bank says that 21 of the 35 institutions have more than 50 per cent...