BB suspends official involved in fraud, betting, crypto transactions
21 July 2026, 20:48 PM
Business
Will 'Invest Bangladesh' make investing easier?
19 July 2026, 20:51 PM
Business
Bangladesh takes 5-year plan to get ready for post-LDC challenges
19 July 2026, 18:46 PM
Business
A strategic exit policy for resolving non-performing loans
19 July 2026, 18:19 PM
Business
Bangladesh Bank unveils import trade framework ahead of free trade zone launch
16 July 2026, 19:55 PM
Business
Al-Arafah Islami Bank's share soars after board restructuring
16 July 2026, 18:48 PM
Business
Cashless Bangladesh begins with Bangla QR
16 July 2026, 16:37 PM
Business
Bangladesh Bank restores founding sponsors of Al-Arafah Islami Bank
15 July 2026, 17:48 PM
Business
Defaulter Shinepukur Ceramics allowed to continue opening import LCs
14 July 2026, 20:18 PM
Business
Anisur Rahman, new deputy governor of Bangladesh Bank
6 July 2026, 21:44 PM
Business
More banking reforms, subsidy cuts prescribed
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) emphasised more reforms in the banking sector and tax collections and reducing subsidies to help the economy turn around.
8 May 2024, 18:00 PM
Exporters to win, consumers to bear the brunt
The exporters have already welcomed the central bank's move to devaluate the local currency, which they have long been waiting for.
8 May 2024, 16:51 PM
‘Policy rate hike, flexible exchange rate will be helpful for economy’
PRI Executive Director Ahsan H Mansur says
8 May 2024, 15:15 PM
Prioritise sustainable revenue generation, IMF tells Dhaka
IMF mission concluded its 15-day visit to Bangladesh today
8 May 2024, 13:15 PM
Tk 34,000 crore investment proposals came in Jan-Mar: Bida
302 industries will make the investments
7 May 2024, 14:54 PM
Crawling peg system: A welcome step but will it be enough to boost reserves?
The crawling peg system for the taka is a delayed and, perhaps, inadequate response to the bleeding of forex reserves. Some economists suggest the central bank should go beyond this formula and open the exchange rate to market forces to stop the continuous erosion of reserves. Either way, exporters and remitters will celebrate more flexibility in the exchange rate.
7 May 2024, 13:35 PM
BB dissolves NBL board again
Bangladesh Bank has dissolved the board of directors of National Bank Ltd, just five months after restructuring it.
5 May 2024, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh Bank again dissolves National Bank board
The bank’s sponsor director Khalilur Rahman made the new chairman
5 May 2024, 14:39 PM
HC scraps its order to probe loan scams in three banks
The High Court yesterday scrapped its suomoto (voluntary) rule that directed the authorities concerned to probe the alleged loan scams in Islami Bank, Social Islami Bank and First Security Islami Bank.
30 April 2024, 18:00 PM
Tax revenue’s 43% spent on govt salaries
Public employees’ pay rises 406% in 12 years, a PRI study finds
30 April 2024, 14:59 PM
Shams Zaman, PwC Bangladesh’s new country managing partner
He has over 28 years of professional experience
30 April 2024, 12:33 PM
Renata’s Q3 profit grows 21%
The drugmaker’s nine months’ profit exceeds FY22’s full year figure
29 April 2024, 11:53 AM
Nat’l Bank not up for merger
National Bank officials do not want the bank to merge with another entity.
28 April 2024, 18:00 PM
Banks asked to increase forex inflow
Bangladesh Bank today sat with five leading private commercial banks
28 April 2024, 15:06 PM
National Bank continues incurring losses
It made a loss of Tk 1,497 crore in 2023, down from Tk 3,285 crore in 2022
28 April 2024, 13:24 PM
Islami Bank to issue Tk 1,000 crore bond to strengthen capital
Islami Bank Bangladesh, the largest and oldest shariah-based bank in the country, today announced that it would borrow Tk 1,000 crore through the issuance of bonds to improve its capital adequacy in line with Basel-III.
25 April 2024, 14:30 PM
Singer incurs losses in Q1
The home appliance maker counted a loss of Tk 2.1 crore in Jan-Mar quarter
24 April 2024, 15:58 PM
Heidelberg Bangladesh’s sales drop, but profit rises
The company gives credit to fall in administration, distribution costs and selling expenses
24 April 2024, 15:01 PM
Mohammad Abu Jafar, new managing director of Premier Bank
He has 34 years of experience in banking
24 April 2024, 12:10 PM
Deposits safe in banks being merged: BB
Money deposited by individuals and institutions with banks, which have decided to go for mergers, will remain completely safe and secure, Bangladesh Bank said in a statement yesterday.
23 April 2024, 18:15 PM