23 April 2024, 15:41 PM

Padma Bank MD resigns

NRB Bank appoints him as MD after that
23 April 2024, 12:43 PM

Depositors’ money in merged banks will remain completely safe: BB

Accountholders of merged banks will be able to maintain their respective accounts as before
23 April 2024, 12:14 PM

Aziz Mohammad Bhai buys 27 lakh new shares of Olympic Industries

He now holds 17 percent or Tk 499 crore worth of shares of the company
22 April 2024, 14:04 PM

BDBL board okays merger with Sonali Bank

As of December 2023, BDBL had Tk 982 crore bad loans and Sonali Tk 13,150 crore
21 April 2024, 12:41 PM

Basic, National Bank Mergers: People withdrawing money in panic

A recent rush to withdraw money from the BASIC Bank and National Bank is worsening the situation the troubled institutions are facing.
20 April 2024, 18:00 PM

Pubali Bank posts highest ever annual profit in 2023

The bank made Tk 695.12 crore, a 30% rise year-on-year
20 April 2024, 15:15 PM

Bank Asia moves a step closer to Bank Alfalah acquisition

A day earlier, Karachi-based Bank Alfalah disclosed the information on the Pakistan Stock exchange.
19 April 2024, 05:44 AM

Dutch-Bangla Bank witnesses highest profit growth in a decade

Dutch-Bangla Bank PLC recorded nearly 42 percent growth in earnings last financial year, its highest in a decade, by improving asset quality and focusing on maintaining good corporate governance.
18 April 2024, 18:30 PM

MTB’s profit grows 21%

It made Tk 286 crore in 2023, up from previous year's Tk 237 crore
18 April 2024, 15:20 PM

Gold price hits new record again

Jewellers are selling each bhori of gold at Tk 119,637 from 7pm today
18 April 2024, 14:15 PM

‘Farmer, RMG workers, migrants main drivers of Bangladesh economy in first 50 years’

However, their contribution would not remain the same in the years to come, says a book published from London
18 April 2024, 10:05 AM

Bank Asia to take over Bank Alfalah’s Bangladesh unit

Bank Asia is likely to acquire the Bangladesh operations of Karachi-based Bank Alfalah, according to information disclosed to the Pakistan Stock Exchange yesterday.
17 April 2024, 18:00 PM
17 April 2024, 11:52 AM

BASIC Bank employees want merger with another state bank

They submitted a memorandum to Bangladesh Bank governor
16 April 2024, 14:11 PM

IMF lowers Bangladesh’s economic growth forecast

Bangladesh economy to grow 5.7% in FY24, the lender says
16 April 2024, 13:44 PM

Credit card use slightly down in Feb

Plastic money transactions fell 4.77% to Tk 3,057 crore
15 April 2024, 13:26 PM

BB gets five merger proposals from banks

No new proposal will be accepted before the completion of the five, BB says
15 April 2024, 11:27 AM

Economy grows by 3.78% in Oct-Dec, slowest in three quarters

The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics says in quarterly GDP estimate
9 April 2024, 15:46 PM

City Bank likely to take over BASIC Bank

Troubled state-owned BASIC Bank is likely to be acquired by private sector lender City Bank as the central bank is forging full steam ahead with its plan to engineer the takeover of weak banks with stronger ones.
8 April 2024, 18:00 PM