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Bank of England and business at odds over rate rise
Posted by on Thu, Jul 24 2014 11:14 am
Bank of England officials are still concerned by the UK economy’s weakness while business leaders have urged that the “time has come” to raise rates, reports AP.
New India government urges changes to World Bank
Posted by on Thu, Jul 24 2014 10:51 am
India’s new government has called for reforms to the World Bank structure to reflect the “emerging” clout of developing nations in a meeting with visiting bank chief Jim Yong Kim.
Samabaya Bank in Rajshahi inoperative for 10 years
Posted by on Thu, Jul 24 2014 10:31 am
Activities of Samabaya Bank in Rajshahi remained suspended for nearly 10 years.
Al-Arafah Islami Bank holds seminar
Posted by on Thu, Jul 24 2014 10:22 am
Al-Arafah Islami Bank Limited organised a seminar on “Ramjan o Al-Quran (Ramadan and Al-Quran)” at the bank’s head office in Dhaka on Tuesday.
Sonali Bank faces crisis as clients reluctant to get loans
Posted by on Wed, Jul 23 2014 10:30 am
Loan disbursement of the state-owned Sonali Bank dropped by 8.8% to Tk33,534 crore in June this year compared to same period of the last year as the bank has so far failed to disburse expected-level of loans among its clients.
Banks await $20b opportunity to invest in power
Posted by on Wed, Jul 23 2014 10:20 am
Bangladesh's power sector opened opportunities for private banks to lend between $10 billion and $20 billion by 2030, as the country struggles to narrow the gap between demand and supply of electricty.
Islami Bank holds views exchange meeting
Posted by on Wed, Jul 23 2014 10:09 am
Mohammad Abdul Mannan, Managing Director of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited,
Al-Arafah Islami Bank organises discussion
Posted by on Wed, Jul 23 2014 09:58 am
Md. Habibur Rahman, Managing Director of Al-Arafah Islami Bank Limited, speaks at a discussion meeting on “Ramjan o Al-Quran (Ramadan and Al-Quran)” organised by Khilkhet Branch of the bank on Sunday.
BKB leads in agri credit among public sector banks, Islami Bank in pvt sector
Posted by on Wed, Jul 23 2014 09:47 am
The state-owned specialized Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) is in the leading position in setting target for providing agriculture credit among all the 56 banks operating across the country in the fiscal 2014-15.
United Commercial Bank Limited’s Half-Yearly Managers Conference held
Posted by on Tue, Jul 22 2014 11:31 am
Dhaka-Half yearly Managers conference of United Commercial Bank Limited (UCB) was held on Saturday at the head office of the Bank.