IMF mission begins 5th review
The International Monetary Fund mission on Wednesday began its fifth review of the IMF鈥檚 ongoing $5.5 billion loan programme to Bangladesh.
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Defaulters must be notified before loan write-off
Banks must now notify borrowers at least 30 working days before writing off any loan...
Easy-term loans empower 30,000 women in Rangpur
As many as 30,000 extremely poor rural women have become economically empowered through various income-generating activities with the Palli Sanchay Bank easy-term loan assistance in the district.
One in every five borrowers now loan defaulters
Bangladesh Bank has disclosed that nearly one in every five borrowers in the country鈥檚 financial sector has defaulted, which underscored the depth of the banking crisis and the erosion of credit discipline...
Banks鈥� farm loan disbursement rises in July
Farm loan disbursement by banks increased by 20.3 per cent in July, the first month of the financial year 2025-26, compared with the same month in the previous year, according to Bangladesh Bank data...
Separate debt management office planned
The finance ministry has planned to establish a debt management office to address the challenges of institutional disintegration that has hampered the government loan management, said its officials...
Banks asked to file foreign loan data with CIB
Private sector foreign loans will now come under central monitoring as Bangladesh Bank has instructed banks to report all such borrowings to its Credit Information Bureau (CIB) database...
NRB Bank launches 鈥楴RB Protidin鈥�, 鈥楢uto Fixed Loan鈥�
NRB Bank PLC has announced the launch of its two financial products, one generating daily interest/profit on deposits, and the other offering loan facilities for second-hand car purchase...
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.
Industrial loan disbursements rise in FY25
Industrial term loan disbursements increased in the financial year 2024-25 comparing with the same period in the previous year.
Foreign loan surges to $112b
The country鈥檚 external debts fell by $7.3 billion at the end of June 2025 due largely to the government鈥檚 high borrowing from international lenders.
Banks allowed to reschedule bad loans for 10 years
Bangladesh Bank on Tuesday allowed banks to extend special rescheduling, restructuring, and exit facilities to borrowers who defaulted due to circumstances beyond their control, aiming to revive viable enterprises, protect depositors, and reduce stress in the financial sector.
Bangladesh negotiating for $2b more
The country鈥檚 current $5.5 billion loan programme with the International Monetary Fund is likely to increase by $2 billion...
RMG factories warned for defaulting wage loans
The government has issued a strong warning to factory owners who have failed to repay the interest-free loans provided to them for clearing workers鈥� arrears, said Labour and Employment adviser M Shakhawat Hossain...
BRAC Bank launches instant e-loans for marginal SMEs
BRAC Bank has launched the country鈥檚 first instant digital financing, Shafollo e-loan, for marginal small and medium enterprises...
Govt to provide Tk 39,000cr agri loans in FY26: secy
Agriculture ministry secretary Mohammad Emdad Ullah Mian at a seminar at the Gazipur Agricultural University on Thursday said that the government would provide Tk 39,000 crore in agricultural loans in current fiscal year...
FID for more help from home, law ministries
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...
Prime Bank disburses agri loans at Faridpur
Prime Bank PLC, a leading financial institution in Bangladesh, has disbursed open agri loans to farmers at Madhukhali upazila of Faridpur as part of its continuous efforts to accelerate the growth and development of Bangladesh鈥檚 agriculture sector...
Loan-deposit ratio of 14 banks above regulatory limit
The Advance-Deposit Ratio of 14 banks remained above the regulatory limit as of June this year due to lenient regulatory approach...
Banks need to expedite disposal of cases involving loan default
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...
Tk 1.6 lakh crore default loans stuck in cases
Court stay orders has shielded 1,086 borrowers from being classified as defaulters, forcing banks to show Tk聽1.63 lakh crore in unpaid loans as regular, according to a Bangladesh Bank report...
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...
Loan burden drives farmer to kill himself in Rajshahi
A farmer committed suicide by hanging himself in village Kharail under Mohonpur upazila in Rajshahi early Monday reportedly for failing to repay loans he had taken from different non-governmental organisations...
Loan defaulters not to be allowed in Feb polls, says Salehuddin
Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Wednesday said that loan defaulters would not be allowed to take part in the national election expected to be held next February...
Bangladesh Bank sets Tk 39,000 crore farm loan target for FY26
The Bangladesh Bank on Tuesday increased the agricultural loan disbursement target for the current financial year, 2025鈥�26, to Tk 39,000 crore, up by 2.63 per cent from the past year鈥檚 Tk 38,000 crore target.
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...
Banks disburse 98pc of farm loan target
Banks disbursed Tk 37,326 crore in agricultural loans during the 2024-25 financial year, which was slightly lower than the total disbursement target for FY25, according to Bangladesh Bank data...
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...
Attachment of Exim Bank head office ordered
The Money Loan Court on Monday ordered the attachment of Exim Bank鈥檚 Gulshan head office building in a case filed by Bank Asia over unpaid loans...
No BB action yet against 1,500 wilful defaulters
Although banks have already identified more than 1,500 wilful loan defaulters, the Bangladesh Bank remains indecisive over taking disciplinary action against such defaulters, exacerbating the country鈥檚 non-performing loan crisis...
