Government lacks urgency and focus in crisis response
Defaulting on loans is progressively becoming part of the business model to stay competitive, said Rehman Sobhan, chairman of the Centre for Policy Dialogue.
BFIU must be empowered to do more to prevent money laundering
Online vigilance a must to protect citizens plagued by poverty and desperation
Top five banks saw their defaulted loans rise 30% year-on-year to roughly Tk 75,000 crore in April-June of 2023
Authorities must improve monitoring to keep the sector in check
Despite decades of sustained GDP growth and improvements in social indicators, Bangladesh’s economy is now on a fragile footing.
Resilience in the banking sector will be affected significantly if the top three borrowers default on their loans, as per the financial stability assessment report of the Bangladesh Bank.
So much for restoring good governance and holding bank ‘looters’ accountable
Government lacks urgency and focus in crisis response
Defaulting on loans is progressively becoming part of the business model to stay competitive, said Rehman Sobhan, chairman of the Centre for Policy Dialogue.
BFIU must be empowered to do more to prevent money laundering
Online vigilance a must to protect citizens plagued by poverty and desperation
Top five banks saw their defaulted loans rise 30% year-on-year to roughly Tk 75,000 crore in April-June of 2023
Authorities must improve monitoring to keep the sector in check
Despite decades of sustained GDP growth and improvements in social indicators, Bangladesh’s economy is now on a fragile footing.
Resilience in the banking sector will be affected significantly if the top three borrowers default on their loans, as per the financial stability assessment report of the Bangladesh Bank.
So much for restoring good governance and holding bank ‘looters’ accountable
Relaxing loan repayment is unlikely to work if habitual defaulters continue to be tolerated
