banking sector of Bangladesh

Six private banks’ bad loans soar 55pc in nine months

Bad loans in six private banks increased by about 55 percent in the first nine months of the year, raising further alarms about the health of the banking sector.

Bad loans rise in private banks, but drop in state banks

Overall, banking sector's non-performing loans fall slightly

Bank Asia posts 22% rise in profits

Its Jan-Sep profit hits Tk 382 crore this year, up from Tk 312 crore last year

Refrain from transacting with US sanctioned Burmese banks: BB

The banks are: Myanmar Foreign Trade Bank and Myanmar Investment and Commercial Bank

Rules relaxed for hiring of former bankers as directors

One can be a bank director five years after retirement or contract

Bar on Ron Haque to attend National Bank’s meetings

The bank did not take prior approval for re-electing Ron as a director

Pathao wants to establish Pathao Digital Bank

The ride-sharing company will utilise its own fund

Banking sector needs comprehensive reforms: ADB

Bangladesh’s banking sector now requires comprehensive reforms for the financial sector to become strong enough to augment a transition to an upper middle-income country by 2031, said Edimon Ginting, country director of Asian Development Bank (ADB), yesterday. 

Interbank lending rate goes past 9% cap for liquidity crunch

Cash-strapped banks are borrowing from cash-rich lenders paying more than 9 per cent in interest rate, which is above a cap set by the central bank, as an unprecedented liquidity crunch has hit the banking sector of Bangladesh. 

November 23, 2023
November 23, 2023

Six private banks’ bad loans soar 55pc in nine months

Bad loans in six private banks increased by about 55 percent in the first nine months of the year, raising further alarms about the health of the banking sector.

November 21, 2023
November 21, 2023

Bad loans rise in private banks, but drop in state banks

Overall, banking sector's non-performing loans fall slightly

October 26, 2023
October 26, 2023

Bank Asia posts 22% rise in profits

Its Jan-Sep profit hits Tk 382 crore this year, up from Tk 312 crore last year

September 5, 2023
September 5, 2023

Refrain from transacting with US sanctioned Burmese banks: BB

The banks are: Myanmar Foreign Trade Bank and Myanmar Investment and Commercial Bank

September 3, 2023
September 3, 2023

Rules relaxed for hiring of former bankers as directors

One can be a bank director five years after retirement or contract

August 19, 2023
August 19, 2023

Bar on Ron Haque to attend National Bank’s meetings

The bank did not take prior approval for re-electing Ron as a director

August 19, 2023
August 19, 2023

Pathao wants to establish Pathao Digital Bank

The ride-sharing company will utilise its own fund

January 30, 2023
January 30, 2023

Banking sector needs comprehensive reforms: ADB

Bangladesh’s banking sector now requires comprehensive reforms for the financial sector to become strong enough to augment a transition to an upper middle-income country by 2031, said Edimon Ginting, country director of Asian Development Bank (ADB), yesterday. 

January 11, 2023
January 11, 2023

Interbank lending rate goes past 9% cap for liquidity crunch

Cash-strapped banks are borrowing from cash-rich lenders paying more than 9 per cent in interest rate, which is above a cap set by the central bank, as an unprecedented liquidity crunch has hit the banking sector of Bangladesh. 

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