Some 700 branches of 55 banks in Chittagong, including government and private ones, went into a tizzy yesterday following two successive robberies at a couple of banks in the port city.

Bangladesh Bank on Sunday asked Bangladesh Krishi Bank and Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank to bring down their defaulted loans below 20 per cent of their total disbursed loans within June 30 this year.

The government plans to strip state-owned banks of the power to recruit and hire new employees and instead return the authority to the central bank.

A business meeting between Ahmed Kamal Khan Chowdhury,

Export Import Bank of Bangladesh Limited has shifted its Imamgonj branch to a new location at Nurani Center at Imamgonj in Dhaka with a view to provide better services to the customers.

Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr. Atiur Rahman said that the central bank has taken many innovative initiatives for addressing the longer term needs of inclusiveness and environmental sustainability towards stable economic growth and development pursuits of the country.

Scandal-hit global bank HSBC on Tuesday posted rising quarterly profits, but added regulators have requested more information about its controversial Swiss division.

An early morning raid by Rapid Action Battalion on 8 March 2015 on the Gulshan headquarters of the First Security Islami Bank further suggests that law enforcement authorities were involved in picking up opposition leader Salah Uddin Ahmed two days later

Scandal-hit global bank HSBC said Tuesday that net profits climbed by almost one per cent in the first quarter, aided by a “strong” performance at its investment banking division.

Ahmed Kamal Khan Chowdhury, Managing Director and CEO of Prime Bank Limited,