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...
Fisheries and livestock adviser Farida Akhter at a press conference in Dhaka on Monday said that in order to free fisherfolk from the vicious cycle of advance payment system by moneylenders, easy loan facilities will be ensured for them...
The delayed rescheduling of bad loans for companies, defaulted due to circumstances beyond their control, has left many without capital, sending them on the brink of collapse...
First Security Islami Bank PLC on Tuesday dismissed its managing director, Syed Waseque Md Ali, over loan irregularities...
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...
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...
Bank Asia PLC has recently disbursed open loans among marginal customers in Chapainawabganj, said a press release...
The University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh has hosted a discussion on Alex Counts-written book titled Small Loans, Big Dreams at the ULAB in Dhaka recently...
A SIGNIFICANT number of borrowers with proven track records face financial distress as the strict, new loan classification rules and rescheduling policy have classified them as defaulters, limiting their access to capital. This is a cause for concern. More than a thousand borrowers, mostly in export-oriented sectors such as textiles, apparel and leather, keep struggling with...
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...
The Bangladesh Bank tightened loan classification and reporting rules to contain defaulted loans...
Deshbandhu Group has received foreign direct investment worth Tk 4,500 crore for restructuring its bank loans from global investment management firm Baker Tilly JFC Group, said a press release...
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...
Industrial term loan disbursements declined notably in the January鈥揗arch quarter of 2025 comparing with the same period in the previous year, reflecting the deepening economic crisis stemming from persistent political unrest, a volatile business climate, and ongoing distress in the banking sector...
bKash users now can access collateral-free 鈥榙igital loan鈥� of up to Tk 50,000 from City Bank directly through the bKash app, said a press release...
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...
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.
The Bangladesh Bank鈥檚 initiative to inject Tk 232 crore into the leather sector for procuring rawhide during Eid-ul-Azha has fallen significantly short, with only Tk 125 crore disbursed to businesses, according to industry insiders...
The government has proposed to borrow Tk 1.04 lakh crore from the banking system in the upcoming financial year 2025-26, marking a 5-per cent increase from the revised bank borrowing target of Tk 99,000 crore for the current financial year.
The amount of the defaulted loans of 10 influential business groups 鈥� with close ties to the fallen Awami League-led government and currently under joint investigation 鈥� has so far climbed to Tk 51,663 crore, out of a total loan of Tk 3.56 lakh crore, according to...
Sonali Bank PLC on Saturday launched a special programme to recover loans, said a press release...
Bangladesh is likely to receive $1.3 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by June, as the Bangladesh Bank has agreed to make the exchange rate more flexible 鈥� a key condition of the IMF鈥檚 $4.7 billion loan programme...
The International Monetary Fund will give decision on providing the next two tranches of its US$4.7 billion loan package for Bangladesh amounting to $1.3 billion on Wednesday.
Bangladesh Bank has barred bank directors, their family members, and affiliated business entities from obtaining loans exceeding 50 per cent of the face value of their shareholding in the respective bank.
The government repaid $3.2 billion to creditors to service foreign debts in the first nine months of the current financial year (2024-25)...
Banks rescheduled Tk 35,850 crore in defaulted loans during October-December period of 2024, with over 98 per cent of the rescheduling done by private banks...
Banks disbursed Tk聽24,860 crore in agricultural loans during July-March period of the 2024-25 financial year, achieving 65.42 per cent of the total disbursement target for FY25, according to Bangladesh Bank data.
Bangladesh has signed two loan deals worth $850 million with the World Bank to develop the Bay Terminal, a major marine terminal in Chattogram, and modernise the national social protection system...
The release of the next tranche of the International Monetary Fund鈥檚 $4.7 billion loan to Bangladesh may face further delay, as the IMF has yet to reach a staff-level agreement with the government...
The country鈥檚 external debts fell by $736 million at the end of December 2024 due largely to the clearing of overdue payments and the interim government鈥檚 restrained approach to new overseas borrowing.
