Bangladesh Bank
Embezzlement at leasing firm: SC questions Bangladesh Bank findings
The Supreme Court has quizzed an official of Bangladesh Bank on the discrepancy in the bank regulator’s findings over embezzlement at International Leasing and Financial Services Limited (ILFSL), a...
SC stays HC order on halting privilege for loan defaulters
The Supreme Court stays till July 8 the High Court orders that halted Bangladesh Bank’s circular allowing defaulters to reschedule their loans with a repayment period of up to 10 years and get...
BB steps in to ease Eid liquidity crunch
The central bank yesterday injected Tk 2,300 crore into the money market to ease liquidity crunch in the banking sector amid the cash withdrawal spree in the lead up to Eid.
New banks to join saturated market
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has given approval for three new banks to be floated at a time when the banking sector is both saturated and stressed due to nonperforming loans (NPLs) reaching dangerous levels.
Charity swindlers caught
Sacked customs official Helaluddin used to identify himself as a social worker.
BB Heist: First conviction, after 3 years
A court in the Philippines yesterday convicted a former branch manager at Manila-based Rizal Commercial Banking Corp (RCBC) of money laundering, in the first conviction over the Bangladesh Bank...
$101M BB Heist: Dhaka to claim damages from Fed by Jan 15
Bangladesh will sue the Federal Reserve Bank of New York over the money stolen during the 2016 cyber heist -- one of the biggest cyber crimes in the world -- Finance Minister AMA Muhith said...
Who is BB fooling?
Two things come easy in Bangladesh -- getting big bank loans and blissfully failing to repay. The money in the vaults seems to be the easiest prey today.
Scams, failures skipped, dev highlighted
The Bangladesh Bank has published a report on the banking sector development over the last 10 years ahead of the national elections,
BB approves Community Bank
The Bangladesh Bank yesterday gave its final nod to a commercial bank and asked three others to produce documents required to obtain licences.
AnonTex riding on BB favours
Bangladesh Bank has given AnonTex, which took more than Tk 5,500 crore from Janata Bank through serious irregularities, a controversial permission to take more loans from other state-owned banks as...