10 banks rated sustainable in BB鈥檚 2024 evaluation
Ten private commercial banks and two non-bank financial institutions have been rated as sustainable financial institutions by the Bangladesh Bank.
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Bangladesh Bank keeps policy rate unchanged at 10pc
The Bangladesh Bank on Tuesday kept the policy rate unchanged at 10 per cent, defying strong demands from the business community to ease borrowing costs as high interest rates continue to squeeze corporate finances and undermine operations...
Bangladesh Bank purchases $313m from banks to curb dollar slide
Bangladesh Bank on Tuesday purchased fresh $313 million from 22 banks in an attempt to halt the sharp fall of the US dollar against the taka...
Bank Asia, BB host entrepreneurship dev training
A month-long 鈥楨ntrepreneurship Development鈥� training programme has started in Chattogram under Skills for Industry Competitiveness and Innovation Programme project, a joint initiative of the Bangladesh Bank and Bank Asia...
Banks reschedule Tk 7,900cr of bad loans in Jan-Mar
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...
Dollar falls by Tk 3
The US dollar has depreciated by approximately Tk 2.90 against the Bangladeshi Taka over the past 10 days, primarily due to reduced demand for dollars and a strong inflow of remittances and export earnings.
Net NSC sales drop further in July-May
Net sales of National Savings Certificates continued to decline in the first 11 months of the current fiscal year, driven by prolonged inflation, shifting investor preferences, and a change in government borrowing priorities...
Govt bank borrowing decreases in FY25
The government鈥檚 net borrowing from commercial banks decreased in the 2024鈥�25 financial year compared with the previous fiscal year, driven largely by a surge in foreign loan inflows...
Bangladesh Bank introduces startup financing rules
The Bangladesh Bank on Wednesday issued a new master circular on startup financing, allowing banks to support startups through equity investments only from their own startup funds...
Forex reserves fall to $29b after ACU payment
Bangladesh Bank has paid over US$2.19 billion to the Asian Clearing Union (ACU) to settle import bills for the months of May and June, resulting in a drop in the country鈥檚 foreign exchange reserves to $29.53 billion...
Banking system must be able to head off political interference
THE statement of the Bangladesh Bank governor that no efforts for reforms in the banking sector will be effective unless political interference is completely eliminated entails a couple of points to ponder. Although the statement is something that many experts have repeatedly made, still the statement coming from the governor once again, especially in the changed...
Banking reforms to fail if political influence persists, says governor
Bangladesh Bank governor Ahsan H Mansur on Monday said that no reform effort in the banking sector will be effective unless political interference is fully eliminated...
Govt treasury bill, bond rates rise further
Interest rates on treasury bills and bonds have climbed sharply to 12 per cent after the Bangladesh Bank discontinued its 28-day repo facility, tightening liquidity in the banking system and making banks more hesitant to invest in government securities...
Pvt sector credit growth dips below 7pc in May
Private sector credit growth in Bangladesh slowed to 6.95 per cent in May 2025, down from 7.5 per cent in April, reflecting weakening business confidence and tighter lending conditions, according to Bangladesh Bank data...
Bangladesh clears all dues to India's Adani Power
Bangladesh has cleared all outstanding dues to India鈥檚 Adani Power, making a one-time payment of $437 million in June for electricity imports.
Remittances cross $30b for first time in a year
Remittance inflow crossed the $30 billion mark for the first time in a single fiscal year, reaching $30.32 billion in FY2024鈥�25 (July鈥揓une)...
Closing of DBBL-funded agri research projects held
Concluding workshop of agricultural research projects, conducted under the Bangladesh Bank and funded by 鈥楽pecial CSR Grant鈥� of Dutch-Bangla Bank, was held on Saturday at a local hotel in the capital, said a press release...
BB to review assets of 11 more banks to decide fate
Bangladesh Bank has decided to launch asset quality reviews of 11 more private commercial banks as part of its effort to uncover financial irregularities and take informed decisions about these banks鈥� future...
BB to issue show cause to 5 banks as merger process begins
Bangladesh Bank has decided to issue show cause notices to five Shariah-based banks, asking why they should not be merged amid their worsening financial condition...
Bangladesh Bank injects Tk 52,500 crore into 12 financially weak banks
Bangladesh Bank has injected an unprecedented amount of Tk聽52,500 crore into 12 financially weak banks by printing new currency, despite maintaining a tightened monetary policy stance...
Central bank tightens loan classification rules
The Bangladesh Bank tightened loan classification and reporting rules to contain defaulted loans...
Non-residents to get more offshore banking services
Bangladesh Bank has expanded the operational scope of Offshore Banking Units (OBUs) to allow them to serve a broader category of non-resident customers...
BB eases remitting to foreign investors
The Bangladesh Bank has widened the scope for local subsidiaries of foreign companies to remit service payments abroad, even if their foreign shareholding is below 50 per cent...
Remittances $1.99b in 21 days
Expatriate Bangladeshis have sent about $1.99 billion in the first 21 days of June...
BB halts plan to scrap 14-day repo facility
The Bangladesh Bank has backtracked on its earlier decision to discontinue the 14-day repo facility 鈥� a key tool for borrowing from the central bank 鈥� following significant disruption on the financial market caused by acute liquidity shortages, central bank officials said...
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...
Govt has issues to shore up to address NPLs
THE true extent of the vulnerability of the banking sector, weighed down by a massive volume of non-performing loans, has increasingly come to light following the ouster of the Awami League government. While the previous administration reported that non-performing loans accounted for about 10 per cent of total outstanding loans, recent data from the...
Defaulted loans hit record Tk 4.2 lakh crore
The amount of non-performing loans in the country鈥檚 banking sector has soared by Tk聽74,570 crore in just three months to reach Tk 4.20 lakh crore at the end of March 2025, according to the Bangladesh Bank.
Merger of 5 Islamic banks to begin soon: governor
Five Shariah-based banks are set to be merged into a single entity, with the process beginning possibly next month, Bangladesh Bank governor Ahsan H Mansur said at a press briefing on Sunday...
Governor鈥檚 London visit to ease stolen asset recovery: BB
Bangladesh Bank governor Ahsan H Mansur held important meetings separately with global experts to support key policy issues related to recovering stolen assets during his visit to London as part of the Chief Advisor鈥檚 delegation...
