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.
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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.
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...
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...
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...
Top 10 groups hold 30pc of Agrani Bank鈥檚 NPL
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...
Loan rescheduling delays hit businesses hard
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...
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...
Marginal customers get open loans thru Bank Asia
Bank Asia PLC has recently disbursed open loans among marginal customers in Chapainawabganj, said a press release...
ULAB hosts discussion on 鈥楽mall Loans, Big Dreams鈥�
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...
Good borrowers should be allowed to reschedule loans
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 sound businesses suffer as loan rescheduling stalls
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...
17 banks post Tk 1.77 lakh crore provision shortfall
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...
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...
Tk 35,850cr defaulted loans rescheduled in Oct-Dec
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 urged to cut bad loans
Economists, researchers and academics have emphasised curtailing non-performing loans to ensure good governance in the banking sector and make the country鈥檚 economy vibrant...
Stricter approach needed for non-performing loan recovery
A DECLINE in the non-performing loans recovery ratio, which is concerning, suggests that the measures taken are not effective and stringent enough. The recovery ratio of non-performing loans dropped significantly in the final quarter of 2024, with the ratio standing at 3.44 per cent, down from 5.12 per cent in the corresponding 2023 quarter, as data of Bangladesh Bank...
NPL recovery rises slowly amid surge in bad loans
The banks in Bangladesh have recovered Tk 9,791 crore in non-performing loans during the October鈥揇ecember quarter of 2024, posting a 23 per cent rise from Tk 7,960 crore in the same period of 2023...
Banks disburse Tk 22,125cr in farm loans in 8 months
Banks disbursed Tk 22,125 crore in agricultural loans during July-February period of the 2024-25 financial year, achieving 58 per cent of the total disbursement target for FY25, according to Bangladesh Bank data...
Government providing interest-free microloans, aid to imams, muezzins
The Ministry of Religious Affairs is providing interest-free microloans and financial assistance to imams and muezzins across Bangladesh from Imam-Muezzin Welfare Trust...
Islami Bank to auction S Alam subsidiary co
Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC has issued a notice to auction the assets of Infinity CR Strips Industries Limited, a subsidiary of S Alam Group, to recover outstanding loans...
