Islami Bank holds Shariah committee meeting
A meeting of the Shariah supervisory committee of Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC was held on Tuesday at Islami Bank Tower...
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Bank Asia, IFC sign deal on MSME dev
Bank Asia PLC will receive $35 million from International Finance Corporation, a private sector arm of the World Bank Group, said a press release...
Meghna Bank PLC holds corporate banking conference
Meghna Bank PLC hosted corporate banking conference titled 鈥楧riving Excellence - Corporate Banking Performance 2024 and Future Strategies鈥� at Lakeshore Heights Hotel in the capital Dhaka on January 23, said a press release...
SK Sur shown arrested in Hallmark loan scam case
Former Bangladesh Bank deputy governor Sitanshu Kumar Sur Chowdhury on Monday was shown arrested in a money laundering case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission over the Hallmark Group loan scam seven years ago...
Forex transactions thru cards drop in Nov
The volume of foreign currency transactions made through cards declined in November compared with that in the previous month...
BRAC Bank gets B+ credit rating from S&P
BRAC Bank has secured a 鈥楤+鈥� credit rating with a 鈥楽table鈥� outlook, as affirmed by the world鈥檚 leading credit rating agency, S&P Global Ratings, said a press release...
MBPLC holds knowledge sharing session on Shariah banking
Mercantile Bank PLC organised a daylong session titled 鈥楰nowledge Sharing on Shari鈥檃h Banking: an Interactive Session鈥� at Fars Hotel in the capital Dhaka on Saturday, said a press release...
SEB, Visa sign strategic partnership deal
Southeast Bank PLC has recently entered into a strategic partnership agreement with Visa, aiming to introduce innovative products and services that will enhance digital payment experience for customers, said a press release...
Sonali Bank board, SMT hold meeting
The 14th review meeting between the board of directors and the senior management team (SMT) of Sonali Bank PLC was held at the bank鈥檚 head office conference room on Sunday...
ACC finds assets of Tk聽4.7cr in SK Sur鈥檚 Bangladesh Bank locker
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday found assets worth Tk聽4.70 crore in a locker at the Bangladesh Bank, belonging to former deputy governor Sitanshu Kumar Sur Chowdhury...
Industries to be brought under emission monitoring
A World Bank project kicking off in July plans to introduce a system in some big industrial entities to continuously monitor their emissions...
Financial account deficit hit $581m in July-Nov
The financial account deficit surged to $581 million in the first five months (July鈥揘ovember) of FY2024鈥�25, an increase from a $206 million deficit recorded in the July鈥揙ctober period, primarily due to higher loan repayments coupled with poor loan inflows...
BB may unveil MPS for 2nd half of FY25 Feb 10
Bangladesh Bank is likely to announce its Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) for the second half of the ongoing fiscal 2024-25 on February 10...
Business leaders call for extension of loan repayment period
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry has urged Bangladesh Bank to extend the loan repayment period for defaulters from three months to nine months...
DBBL holds managers鈥� conference
The two-day Managers鈥� Conference-2025 of the Dutch-Bangla Bank to review the bank鈥檚 overall performance for the year 2024 and discuss the business plan and strategy for achieving targets for the year 2025 concluded in Dhaka on Sunday...
Agrani Bank gets 6 general managers
Six officers of Agrani Bank PLC have been promoted to the post of general managers...
Pubali Bank holds Rajshahi regional managers conference
Pubali Bank PLC鈥檚 1st Managers鈥� Conference-2025 participated by all managers of Rajshahi region was held recently in Rajshahi to motivate them to increase bank鈥檚 business by rendering better services...
Dollar holdings by banks hit 5-yr low
The dollar amounts held by Bangladesh鈥檚 commercial banks dropped to a five-year and six-month low in December 2024, reflecting the severe impact of Bangladesh Bank鈥檚 mismanagement amid a prolonged dollar crisis...
Inflation can be reduced to 6-7pc in next fiscal, says economist Zahid
Zahid Hussain, a prominent figure and former lead economist at the World Bank鈥檚 Dhaka office, has expressed optimism that the general point-to-point inflation rate could be reduced to between 6 to 7 per cent in the next fiscal year (FY26) if the country does...
National Bank holds business conference at Rajshahi
National Bank Limited鈥檚 Rajshahi regional business conference was held on Saturday at the conference room of Hotel Castle Swad in Bogura where Abdul Awal Mintu, chairman of the bank, was chief guest...
AIB holds business development confce
Al-Arafah Islami Bank PLC held its Business Development Conference 2025 on Saturday at a hotel in the capital Dhaka...
Israel moves its war on Palestinians to the West Bank
ON JANUARY 23rd, the Israeli army continued its offensive on the Jenin refugee camp in the north of the occupied Palestinian West Bank for the third consecutive day. The offensive, dubbed 鈥業ron Wall鈥� has killed 10 Palestinians so far, and left at least 40 wounded...
Union Bank holds audit committee meeting
The newly formed audit committee of Union Bank PLC held its 6th meeting at the bank鈥檚 head office at Gulshan-1 in Dhaka on Thursday.
Southeast Bank holds professional workshop
The Southeast Bank Training Institute organised a daylong workshop on 鈥楽EBPLC products and service knowledge, cross-selling techniques, and effective marketing strategy鈥� on Thursday.
Shahjalal bank holds 890th EC meeting
Shahjalal Islami Bank PLC held the 890th meeting of its executive committee on Wednesday at the corporate head office of the bank.
World Bank reiterates support for Bangladesh interim govt
World Bank managing director Anna Bjerde on Thursday reiterated the global lender鈥檚 support to the interim government for rebuilding of Bangladesh.
Hundreds leave Jenin as Israel presses raid
A Palestinian official said hundreds of people began leaving their homes in a flashpoint area of the occupied West Bank on Thursday as Israeli forces pressed a deadly operation.
Banks asked to adopt predictive loan loss provisioning by 2027
The Bangladesh Bank has decided to adopt a forward-looking approach to provisioning for loan losses, requiring banks to set aside money for potential losses before loans become overdue or default...
IDLC Islamic launched
IDLC Finance PLC has launched launch Shariah-compliant financing window titled IDLC Islamic, said a press release...
Salman, Beximco should face justice for financial crimes
THE true extent of financial crimes and malpractice of the Beximco Group, controlled by the ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 private industry and investment adviser Salman F Rahman, appear to have not been uncovered yet. Fresh investigations after the fall of the Awami League government in August 2024 in a mass uprising have showed some of the...