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Increase loans for agriculture, small firms

Experts yesterday urged banks to increase loan disbursements for cottage, micro, small and medium enterprises and the agriculture sector as a majority of the lenders were currently showcasing a reluctance to do so. 

Finacing the future, sustainably

Global temperatures have been rising at an alarming pace in recent years thanks to increased human activity and as such, even climate change deniers can now perceive the growing heat wave.

Defaulters cannot get any fresh loan from banks: HC

The High Court extends its earlier order which ruled that the defaulters, who have taken the opportunity for rescheduling their bank loans by two per cent down payment, cannot get any fresh loan facilities from the banks.

Loan recovery falters in first quarter

Banks’ loan recovery in the first quarter of 2019 was 9.68 percent higher than a year earlier, but given the extraordinary rate at which default loans are increasing it seems below par.

Recovery fails to keep pace with default loan spike

The pace of recovery of banks' nonperforming loans (NPL) was much lower than the rate at which their NPL increased last year -- an ominous development for the sector.

Outstanding Loans in Banking Sector: Big chunk held by bank owners

In Bangladesh, industrialists and businesspeople become shareholders and directors of banks, and borrow money from each other's banks. And not only that, up to four members of a family can now be in the board of directors of a bank, up from two previously, after the relevant rules were amended last year following Finance Minister AMA Muhith's recommendation.

Interest rates rattle people

Kaniz Fatima Binte Alam, a doctor, took Tk 48.50 lakh home loan at 8.5 percent interest in October last year from a lender with expertise in financing homes.

Loan write-offs soar

Banks wrote off Tk 452 crore in the three months to June last year, up by over 18 times from Tk 24.76 crore in the previous three months.

education / Financing tertiary education

Every year, after the university admission tests, we find students who score well, but cannot afford their educational expenses, and eventually drop out. Private banks, on the other hand, offer many lucrative loan products for their customers, including education loans.

August 29, 2022
August 29, 2022

Increase loans for agriculture, small firms

Experts yesterday urged banks to increase loan disbursements for cottage, micro, small and medium enterprises and the agriculture sector as a majority of the lenders were currently showcasing a reluctance to do so. 

July 31, 2022
July 31, 2022

Finacing the future, sustainably

Global temperatures have been rising at an alarming pace in recent years thanks to increased human activity and as such, even climate change deniers can now perceive the growing heat wave.

October 20, 2019
October 20, 2019

Defaulters cannot get any fresh loan from banks: HC

The High Court extends its earlier order which ruled that the defaulters, who have taken the opportunity for rescheduling their bank loans by two per cent down payment, cannot get any fresh loan facilities from the banks.

July 31, 2019
July 31, 2019

Loan recovery falters in first quarter

Banks’ loan recovery in the first quarter of 2019 was 9.68 percent higher than a year earlier, but given the extraordinary rate at which default loans are increasing it seems below par.

March 31, 2019
March 31, 2019

Recovery fails to keep pace with default loan spike

The pace of recovery of banks' nonperforming loans (NPL) was much lower than the rate at which their NPL increased last year -- an ominous development for the sector.

August 29, 2018
August 29, 2018

Outstanding Loans in Banking Sector: Big chunk held by bank owners

In Bangladesh, industrialists and businesspeople become shareholders and directors of banks, and borrow money from each other's banks. And not only that, up to four members of a family can now be in the board of directors of a bank, up from two previously, after the relevant rules were amended last year following Finance Minister AMA Muhith's recommendation.

May 20, 2018
May 20, 2018

Interest rates rattle people

Kaniz Fatima Binte Alam, a doctor, took Tk 48.50 lakh home loan at 8.5 percent interest in October last year from a lender with expertise in financing homes.

January 3, 2018
January 3, 2018

Loan write-offs soar

Banks wrote off Tk 452 crore in the three months to June last year, up by over 18 times from Tk 24.76 crore in the previous three months.

October 27, 2017
October 27, 2017

Financing tertiary education

Every year, after the university admission tests, we find students who score well, but cannot afford their educational expenses, and eventually drop out. Private banks, on the other hand, offer many lucrative loan products for their customers, including education loans.

July 14, 2017
July 14, 2017

Bank loans to finance deficit

The government will balance the Tk 20,000 crore budget deficit -- as a result of not imposing excise duty and the flat 15 percent VAT

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