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Choudhury Moshtaq Ahmed, Managing Director (CC) of National Bank Limited and Abdus Salam, Managing Director of BRAC Saajan Exchange Ltd, sign a deal at the bank's head office on Tuesday. Under this deal, Bangladeshis residing in England and in other Europ
Posted by on Thu, Jul 13 2017 08:55 am
Choudhury Moshtaq Ahmed, Managing Director (CC) of National Bank Limited and Abdus Salam,
M Kamal Hossain, Managing Director of Southeast Bank Limited, handing over a key of Coaster to Siddiqur Rahman, Additional Inspector General of Armed Police Battalion for battalion members in the city on Tuesday.
Posted by on Thu, Jul 13 2017 08:32 am
M Kamal Hossain, Managing Director of Southeast Bank Limited,
World Bank, Alibaba invest in Hong Kong-based startup
Posted by on Wed, Jul 12 2017 11:43 am
Hong Kong-based startup CompareAsiaGroup has secured $50 million in funding from investors led by the World Bank's commercial lending arm,
Inflation creeps up to 5.72pc in Apr-Jun quarter
Posted by on Wed, Jul 12 2017 11:33 am
For the first time in the country's history inflation data was released in a quarterly format.
10 firms provide 40pc of all VAT and SD
Posted by on Wed, Jul 12 2017 11:24 am
The companies are from cigarette, gas, mobile operator and power sectors, according to data from the Large Taxpayers' Unit, VAT.
BB probe detects anomalies in financials of First Finance
Posted by on Wed, Jul 12 2017 11:09 am
The central bank has recently detected anomalies of serious nature in the annual financials of the First Finance Ltd, a listed non-banking financial institution (NBFI).
Govt bank borrowing falls by Tk25,000cr in 2 years
Posted by on Wed, Jul 12 2017 10:59 am
Bangladesh government’s borrowing from the banking system has declined by around Tk25,000 crore since fiscal year 2014-15, according to the latest Bangladesh Bank data.
Bad loans soar in state banks
Posted by on Wed, Jul 12 2017 10:45 am
The state-run banks have been struggling with piles of default loans due to administrative weakness and poor supervision on loans, bankers and financial analysts have said.
Media exaggerated reports on deposits with Swiss banks
Posted by on Wed, Jul 12 2017 10:38 am
Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith on Tuesday told parliament that media reports on the amount of money deposited by Bangladeshi nationals with Swiss banks were an exaggeration.
Germany's FM urges fresh bank rules after Italy crisis
Posted by on Wed, Jul 12 2017 10:27 am
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble on Monday warned that eurozone banking rules required reform, amid criticism that recent rescues of Italian banks failed to heed the lessons of the financial crisis.