BB tightens rules for bank nominee director appointments
Star Business Report
17 September 2026 Business
Bangla QR payments to reach merchants instantly from Oct 1
Star Business Report
17 September 2026 Business
Banks, MFSs asked to suspend payment services for illegal loan apps
Star Business Report
16 September 2026 Business
BB eases foreign borrowing rules for BIDA-registered firms
Star Business Report
14 September 2026 Business
Bangladesh Bank introduces KPI for bank CEOs
Star Business Report
13 September 2026 Business
Parliament passes Bank Resolution (Amendment) Bill
Star Online Report
9 September 2026 Banking
Banks asked to verify certificates of all officers in 7 months
Star Business Report
7 September 2026 Business

BB to hike policy rate twice within next month

Interest rate will also be increased, says Bangladesh Bank governor
23 September 2024

Prime Bank, Dotlines sign deal on payroll banking services

Prime Bank PLC recently signed an agreement with tech company Dotlines, aimed at enhancing banking services for the latter’s employees.
11 September 2024

Tarek Reaz Khan made NRB Bank MD

Tarek Reaz Khan has recently been appointed as the managing director of NRB Bank PLC for a three-year term.
11 September 2024

Taskforce formed for banking reforms

The Bangladesh Bank has formed a six-member taskforce to carry out reform initiatives in the country’s banking sector.
11 September 2024

Social Islami Bank holds view-exchange meeting

Social Islami Bank recently arranged a view-exchange meeting for members of the newly formed board and divisional heads, zonal heads, branch managers and sub-branch officials.
11 September 2024

Mehmood Husain new chairman of IFIC Bank

Md Mehmood Husain has been elected the chairman of IFIC Bank PLC.
10 September 2024

Trust Bank holds workshop on CMSME financing in Lalmonirhat

Trust Bank Lalmonirhat branch recently organised a workshop on “CMSME Cluster Identification, Cluster Engagement and Cluster Financing” in Lalmonirhat
10 September 2024

Krishi Bank launches credit card

Bangladesh Krishi Bank recently launched a credit card service at the bank’s head office in Dhaka.
10 September 2024

Central bank not blocking any business accounts: Governor 

BB is not blocking or interfering with the accounts of any businesses, regardless of their political affiliations, said BB Governor Ahsan H Mansur
9 September 2024

Dhaka Bank MD Emranul Huq passes away

Emranul Huq, managing director and CEO of Dhaka Bank, passed away last night at a hospital in Kolkata.
8 September 2024

S Alam Group took over half of Islami Bank’s total loans, says new IBBL chairman

Chattogram-based conglomerate S Alam Group has taken more than half of the total loans disbursed by Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd (IBBL), according to the bank’s newly appointed Chairman Md Obayed Ullah Al Masud
5 September 2024

SIBL MD, 2 DMDs resign 

SIBL Managing Director Zafar Alam and Deputy Managing Directors Habibur Rahman and Khorshed Alam have resigned today following the central bank's board reformation of the bank
4 September 2024

SIBL's former chairman Belal, managing director Zafar sued for attack on an employee 

Belal Ahmed, the former chairman of Social Islami Bank Ltd (SIBL), and Zafar Alam, managing director, have been sued for allegedly attacking a bank employee
4 September 2024

Default loans hit record Tk 211,000cr 

Default loans in the banking sector hit an all-time high of Tk 211,000 crore at the end of June of this year, as per the latest Bangladesh Bank data. 
3 September 2024

EDF loan gets costlier after new interest rate calculations

Exporters will face higher costs when getting loans from the Export Development Fund (EDF), as a new interest rate calculation method has been introduced for loans in US dollars
3 September 2024

BB hikes cash withdrawal limit to Tk 5 lakh

The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has increased the cash withdrawal limit from banks to Tk 5 lakh per account this week, up from Tk 4 lakh per account the previous week
1 September 2024

MD's resignation: ‘Forced to put signature on pad never used by Islami Bank’

Former managing director breaks silence for first time since S Alam took control of the bank in 2017
30 August 2024

Sharif Zahir, new chairman of UCB

The bank has also got new faces in the top tier
29 August 2024

Nazrul Islam Mazumder removed from Exim Bank board

BB forms new five-member board for Exim, keeping three shareholder directors unchanged
29 August 2024

White paper to focus on mega projects, not all dev projects: Debapriya

The 12-member panel held its first meeting today, the next one on Sep 3
29 August 2024