BB allows offshore banking units to buy, sell and swap foreign currencies more freely
21 September 2026
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BRAC Bank, City Bank in talks to take over Standard Chartered retail business
21 September 2026
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Business
BB tightens rules for bank nominee director appointments
17 September 2026
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Business
Bangla QR payments to reach merchants instantly from Oct 1
17 September 2026
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Business
Banks, MFSs asked to suspend payment services for illegal loan apps
16 September 2026
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Business
BRAC Bank only Bangladeshi bank on Forbes' Top Performing Banks list
16 September 2026
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Banks
Bangladesh Bank resumes dollar sales after 14 months
15 September 2026
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Business
BB eases foreign borrowing rules for BIDA-registered firms
14 September 2026
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Business
BB launches hedging facility to manage import price risk
14 September 2026
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Business
Dozens injured as sacked Islami Bank employees, consumer forum clash
14 September 2026
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Business
Banks asked to freeze accounts of Harun, his wife
Harun or Rashid has recently been transferred from the detective branch to the crime and operations department
18 August 2024
Palli Sanchay Bank officials demand removal of managing director
Sheikh Md Jaminur Rahman and his associates used political ties to establish dominance in the bank
18 August 2024
Amnesty for black money should not exist: new NBR chairman
Today was the first day for Abdur Rahman Khan as NBR chairman
18 August 2024
Loans from Janata, NBL: S Alam, Nassa got Tk 2,544cr waiver in breach of rules
Chattogram-based conglomerate S Alam Group and garment manufacturer Nassa Group were given interest waivers amounting to Tk 2,544 crore bypassing banking rules, in a testament to the outsize influence oligarchs had on the banking sector during the Awami League-led government of the past 15 years.
15 August 2024
Salman used clout to help businesses secure loans
Salman F Rahman is known for using his influence to get bank loans for Beximco Group by bending rules, but documents seen by this newspaper have revealed how he helped others secure credit, or at least tried to.
15 August 2024
Provide info on bank accounts of S Alam, family
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has asked for bank account details of Chattogram-based businessman Mohammed Saiful Alam and his family members to check if they have been paying their taxes properly.
15 August 2024
Dhaka Bank obtains ISO cybersecurity certification
Dhaka Bank recently achieved a significant milestone by obtaining the ISO certification for advanced cybersecurity standards..Conferred by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), this certification provides a comprehensive framework designed to help organisations safeguar
15 August 2024
Banks asked to freeze accounts of Shafiqul Islam Shimul, family members
Transactions in their accounts will remain suspended for 30 days
15 August 2024
NBR seeks bank details of S Alam, his family members
The tax zone 15 of the tax administrator sent letters to 91 banks and financial institutions
15 August 2024
BB officers’ council demands full autonomy of Bangladesh Bank
The council also recommended amendment to the Bangladesh Bank Order 1972
15 August 2024
Uncertainty remains heightened in Bangladesh amid political transition: Fitch
The American rating agency assumes the effects to be temporary, and that political stability is restored and sustained
15 August 2024
Beximco leaves Janata Bank in poor health
What is the purpose of a single borrower exposure limit? It is to ensure that a bank’s fortune is not tied to the ebb and flow of a conglomerate’s business.
14 August 2024
Nazrul Huda becomes Rupali Bank chairman
Nazrul Huda, a former deputy governor who served the Bangladesh Bank for 35 years, was appointed as director and chairman of Rupali Bank for the next three years..The Financial Institutions Division of the Ministry of Finance issued a circular to this end yesterday..The post had been
14 August 2024
Won’t let money launderers sleep peacefully: BB governor
International support will be taken to bring them to book, says Ahsan H Mansur
14 August 2024
Hasina’s 15-year rule made banking sector fragile: ABB chairman
The condition is worse than what one can imagine, says Selim RF Hussain
14 August 2024
Shayan F Rahman removed as IFIC director
Ahmed Shayan Fazlur Rahman, the son of Salman F Rahman, lost his directorship at the IFIC Bank due to loan defaults.
13 August 2024
BRAC Bank, VisionSpring sign deal to screen 15,500 people’s vision
BRAC Bank recently signed an agreement with VisionSpring, a US-based social enterprise, to extend complimentary eye care through the bank’s corporate social responsibility initiative dedicated to health, named ‘Aporajeyo Ami’..Sabbir Hossain, deputy managing director and chief operating of
13 August 2024
Bank Asia donates Tk 10 lakh to Gulshan Society under CSR
Bank Asia donated Tk 10 lakh as part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR) to Gulshan Society, a community organisation, for cleaning and desilting the Gulshan Lake..Sohail RK Hussain, managing director of Bank Asia, handed over a cheque to Omar Sadat, president of Gulshan Society,
13 August 2024
Banks asked to freeze accounts of Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, family members
The BFIU asked to freeze the accounts after getting reports about suspicious transactions in their names
13 August 2024
M Masrur Reaz, new BSEC chairman
He will be in the post for the next four years
13 August 2024