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.
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...
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...
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...
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 mobile financial services in Bangladesh may exceed Tk 25 lakh crore in 2025, Bangladesh Bank governor Ahsan H Mansur said on Tuesday...
Bangladesh Bank has set new transaction hours for banks during the holy month of Ramadan...
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...
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...
Bangladesh Bank governor Ahsan H Mansur on Thursday expressed disappointment over bureaucracy, saying that bureaucrats were hesitant about reforms...
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.
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...
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...
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 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 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...
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...
The Bangladesh Bank has eased loan rescheduling policy for raw-jute exporters for the next two years.
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...
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 on Thursday strongly condemned attack on Muhammad Badiuzzaman Didar, administrator of Nagad...
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.
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 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...
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...
The Bangladesh Bank is not optimistic about the country鈥檚 economic outlook for the 2024-25 financial year as the central bank on Monday predicted economic growth would remain sluggish at about 4-5 per cent in FY25 due to a host of challenges...
The Bangladesh Bank is likely to reassess the mandatory 2 per cent shareholding requirement for becoming a director in a commercial bank, said BB governor Ahsan H Mansur...
The Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry expressed concern over the Bangladesh Bank鈥檚 decision to maintain a contractionary monetary policy in the second half of the 2024-25 financial year, keeping the policy rate at 10 per cent...
The City Bank鈥檚 board of directors has approved the issuance of a subordinated debt bond worth Tk 800 crore to meet capital requirements under the Basel-III framework to support the bank鈥檚 continuous business growth...
The Anti-Corruption Commission has found that no safe deposit lockers are registered under the names of former Bangladesh Bank governor Abdur Rouf Talukder and 24 other central bank officials...
