Loans worth Tk 1.33 lakh crore turn NPL again
Nearly 39 per cent of rescheduled loans have slipped back into default, exposing the ineffectiveness of repeated rescheduling as a tool for reducing non-performing loans...
Tags : Non-performing loans
Number of loss-making bank branches hits 1,680
The number of loss-making bank branches in Bangladesh has risen sharply, reaching 1,680 in March 2025 鈥� about 15 per cent of total branches 鈥� driven by soaring non-performing loans (NPLs) and unprecedented deposit withdrawals at some banks...
Deplorable central bank delay in getting at wilful defaulters
THE volume of non-performing loans has increased by Tk 745.7 billion in the January鈥揗arch quarter, taking the total to a record high of Tk 4,200 billion and the figure accounts for 24.13 per cent of the total outstanding loans, by far the highest in South Asia. Whilst this has happened, banks which have already identified more than 1,500 wilful defaulters, the borrowers...
Top 10 groups hold 30pc of Agrani Bank鈥檚 NPL
The top 10 defaulters, led by Jaj Bhuiyan Group and Bashundhara Group, accounted for Tk聽8,287 crore in classified loans 鈥� nearly 30 per cent of Agrani Bank鈥檚 total non-performing loans as of December 2024, according to official data...
Many sound businesses suffer as loan rescheduling stalls
Many businesses with proven track records in Bangladesh are now facing growing financial distress as a rapid surge in non-performing loans in the banking sector, coupled with stricter loan rescheduling policies, has deepened their woes...
17 banks post Tk 1.77 lakh crore provision shortfall
Seventeen banks reported a staggering provision shortfall of Tk聽1,77,650 crore at the end of March 2025, with six of them facing such deficits for the first time, indicating a sharp deterioration in their financial health amid a mounting crisis of non-performing loans...
10 banks hold over Tk 3 lakh crore in NPLs
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...
Stricter approach needed for non-performing loan recovery
A DECLINE in the non-performing loans recovery ratio, which is concerning, suggests that the measures taken are not effective and stringent enough. The recovery ratio of non-performing loans dropped significantly in the final quarter of 2024, with the ratio standing at 3.44 per cent, down from 5.12 per cent in the corresponding 2023 quarter, as data of Bangladesh Bank...
NPL recovery rises slowly amid surge in bad loans
The banks in Bangladesh have recovered Tk 9,791 crore in non-performing loans during the October鈥揇ecember quarter of 2024, posting a 23 per cent rise from Tk 7,960 crore in the same period of 2023...
BANKING SECTOR: Legal complexities worsen default loan crisis
The legal framework for handling non-performing loans (NPLs) in Bangladesh has become dysfunctional, allowing wilful defaulters to exploit loopholes and delay repayment, according to a report by the task force on economic reforms...
Streamlining banking sector should be a policy priority
THE volume of non-performing loans in the banking sector had already been grim during the toppled Awami League. An even grimmer picture is reported with a staggering Tk 2.85 crore in default loans in September, which is a radical increase from what was reported earlier this year. The central bank data show that the defaulted loans shot up to...
54pc of Tk 2.11 lakh crore NPL only in five banks
Five banks held over 54 per cent of the total non-performing loans in the country鈥檚 banking sector as of June, exposing deep vulnerabilities in the sector...
NPL soars by Tk 1.90 lakh crore during AL regime
The banking sector witnessed a staggering increase in the non-performing loans by Tk 1,90,000 crore in the past 14 years since 2009, when the Awami League-led government assumed...
Printing money by Bangladesh Bank to aid ailing banks must be stopped: Mansur
Economist Ahsan H Mansur on Saturday said that the printing of money by the Bangladesh Bank to keep some troubled Islamic banks afloat must be halted immediately to check inflation in the country...
NPL in six state-run banks surges further聽
Non-performing loans in six state-run banks soared by Tk 6,805 crore in the three months ending in March, allegedly due to the central bank鈥檚 lenient approach towards defaulters...