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Padma Bank Chairman Chowdhury Nafeez Sarafat resigns

Bangladesh Bank today accepted his resignation letter.

Climate fund held hostage by Padma Bank / Can a defaulter prevail over the government?

Why has no investigation taken place to explore on which grounds and for whose benefit the lion’s share of the climate fund was deposited in the Farmers Bank?

Padma Bank gets over 2yrs to clear fine of Tk 55cr

Padma Bank, formerly known as Farmers Bank, is going to get over two years, until April 2028, to clear a Tk 55 crore penalty for its failure to maintain the regulator-stipulated cash reserve ratio (CRR) from 2017 to 2019. 

Anti-corruption day: Cases filed, but no progress in probes

Several big loan scams in the banking and financial sectors came to the fore in the last decade and the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has done its job by filing cases. But, no progress is apparent.

Farmers Bank scam: HC denies bail to Sohel Rana

The High Court today refused to grant bail to Sohel Rana, suspended manager of Farmers Bank's Tangail branch, in a case filed on charges of misappropriating and laundering Tk 9.28 crore from the bank.

Farmers Bank ex-audit committee chief denied bail in graft case

The High Court rejects a bail petition of Mahbubul Haque Chisty, former chairman of Farmers Bank audit committee, in a corruption case filed for misappropriating Tk nine lakh of the bank funds for his personal travelling.

Farmers Bank: Dramatic rise in loan default

With Farmers Bank, no-one knows when the woos will end. And as days go by, more and more depressing statistics are coming out.

Several people involved in Tk 4 crore loan scam

The Anti-Corruption Commission has found the involvement of several people in the forgery of two loans acquired from Farmers Bank, ACC Chairman Iqbal Mahmood yesterday said.

Confiscate all properties of Chisty, wife

A Dhaka court yesterday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to confiscate the moveable and immoveable properties of former Farmers Bank director Mahabubul Haque Chisty and his wife Ruzi Chisty in connection with a case over laundering Tk 160 crore.

January 31, 2024
January 31, 2024

Padma Bank Chairman Chowdhury Nafeez Sarafat resigns

Bangladesh Bank today accepted his resignation letter.

October 8, 2023
October 8, 2023

Can a defaulter prevail over the government?

Why has no investigation taken place to explore on which grounds and for whose benefit the lion’s share of the climate fund was deposited in the Farmers Bank?

August 23, 2023
August 23, 2023

Padma Bank gets over 2yrs to clear fine of Tk 55cr

Padma Bank, formerly known as Farmers Bank, is going to get over two years, until April 2028, to clear a Tk 55 crore penalty for its failure to maintain the regulator-stipulated cash reserve ratio (CRR) from 2017 to 2019. 

December 9, 2022
December 9, 2022

Anti-corruption day: Cases filed, but no progress in probes

Several big loan scams in the banking and financial sectors came to the fore in the last decade and the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has done its job by filing cases. But, no progress is apparent.

June 7, 2020
June 7, 2020

Farmers Bank scam: HC denies bail to Sohel Rana

The High Court today refused to grant bail to Sohel Rana, suspended manager of Farmers Bank's Tangail branch, in a case filed on charges of misappropriating and laundering Tk 9.28 crore from the bank.

January 30, 2019
January 30, 2019

Farmers Bank ex-audit committee chief denied bail in graft case

The High Court rejects a bail petition of Mahbubul Haque Chisty, former chairman of Farmers Bank audit committee, in a corruption case filed for misappropriating Tk nine lakh of the bank funds for his personal travelling.

December 21, 2018
December 21, 2018

Farmers Bank: Dramatic rise in loan default

With Farmers Bank, no-one knows when the woos will end. And as days go by, more and more depressing statistics are coming out.

December 21, 2018
December 21, 2018

Farmers Bank: Dramatic rise in loan default

With Farmers Bank, no-one knows when the woos will end. And as days go by, more and more depressing statistics are coming out.

October 5, 2018
October 5, 2018

Several people involved in Tk 4 crore loan scam

The Anti-Corruption Commission has found the involvement of several people in the forgery of two loans acquired from Farmers Bank, ACC Chairman Iqbal Mahmood yesterday said.

August 30, 2018
August 30, 2018

Confiscate all properties of Chisty, wife

A Dhaka court yesterday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to confiscate the moveable and immoveable properties of former Farmers Bank director Mahabubul Haque Chisty and his wife Ruzi Chisty in connection with a case over laundering Tk 160 crore.

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