The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) yesterday awarded 22 listed and non-listed firms across 13 different sectors for presenting the best annual reports, integrated reporting, and corporate governance disclosures.

bKash, the leading mobile financial service (MFS) provider in Bangladesh, has joined hands with Grameenphone and City Bank to make 4G and 5G enabled smartphones more affordable for their clients.

Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) today asked banks to provide details of accounts of former state minister for foreign affairs Md Shahriar Alam, his wife and son.

Abdul Hai Sarker, chairman of Dhaka Bank PLC, has been elected as chairman of the ad-hoc committee of the Bangladesh Association of Banks (BAB).

The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC) has recently signed a collaboration agreement with fashion brand Sailor to introduce a seamless cashless payment experience through HSBC’s newly launched digital collection solution ‘Omni Collect’.

The Bangladesh Bank is set to rescue problem banks including some Shariah-based banks controlled by S Alam Group by managing liquidity or merging a few.

Md Zakir Hossain Chowdhury and Md Kabir Ahmed, executive directors of the Bangladesh Bank, have now been appointed as deputy governors of the country’s central bank for a three-year term..The finance ministry yesterday issued a statutory regulatory order declaring the appointments of the d

Zakaria Taher has been elected the chairman of the Risk Management Committee of National Bank Limited..The election was held during the bank’s 505th meeting of the board of directors recently, the bank said in a press release..Taher is a director of the bank. He is a distinguished en

Midland Bank PLC recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Kokomo Sunset Resort located in Gazipur..Md Rashed Akter, head of the retail distribution division of the bank, and Md Bayazid Bin Mahfuz, head of sales and marketing of the resort, penned the MoU at the bank’s head

City Bank PLC yesterday signed an agreement with Probashi Kallyan Bank (PKB) in a bid to bring remittances from Bangladeshi nationals living and working in different countries across the world..Mashrur Arefin, managing director and CEO of City Bank PLC, and Md Mazibur Rahman, managing dire

The newly appointed board of National Bank PLC (NBL) will scrutinise all waived and written-off loans and interests, regardless of whether they were justified or not.

Mohammad Abdul Awal (Sumon) has been elected the chairman of the risk management committee of Mercantile Bank PLC..The election was held at the bank’s 448th board meeting in Dhaka recently, the bank said in a press release..Awal, former chairman of Express Insurance Limited, is the m

Eastern Bank PLC recently opened its 38th sub-branch at Chandaikona of Raiganj upazila in Sirajganj..M Khorshed Anowar, Eastern Bank’s retail and SME banking head, inaugurated the sub-branch, the bank said in a press release..The bank has been gradually expanding its sub-branch netwo

Al-Arafah Islami Bank PLC opened its 224th branch in Chandpur recently..Farman R Chowdhury, managing director and CEO of the bank, inaugurated the branch as the chief guest, the bank said in a press release..Chowdhury said that the country’s socioeconomic development is possible alon

The interests of both consumers and producers of goods, including essential food commodities, need to be kept in mind during market monitoring, said Salehuddin Ahmed, finance and commerce adviser to the interim government, yesterday..While there will be regular market monitoring to prevent

Community Bank Bangladesh PLC recently held its 56th board meeting at the Police Headquarters in Dhaka..Inspector General of Police (IGP) Md Mainul Islam, who is the chairman of the bank, presided over the meeting, said a press release..During the meeting, a number of important decis

Meghna Bank PLC recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Sheba.XYZ, an on-demand service delivery platform in Bangladesh..Kimiwa Saddat, deputy managing director of the bank, and Ronald Micky, chief operating officer of the on-demand service delivery platform, penned the Mo

The newly formed board of United Commercial Bank PLC held their first meeting at the bank’s corporate head office in Dhaka yesterday..Sharif Zahir, chairman of the bank, presided over the meeting, the bank said in a press release..Reviewing its overall financial condition, the bank e

Southeast Bank PLC has provided financial support worth Tk 20 lakh to Habiganj Agricultural University for agricultural research under its special corporate social responsibility (CSR) fund..Nuruddin Md Sadeque Hossain, managing director of the bank, handed over a cheque to Prof Md Abdul B

EXIM Bank yesterday held its 175th emergent board meeting at the bank’s head office in Dhaka..Md Nazrul Islam Swapan, chairman of the bank, presided over the meeting, according to a press release..Md Nurul Amin Faruk and Anjan Kumar Saha, directors of the bank, and SM Rezaul Karim an