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Ali Reza Iftekhar, Managing Director and CEO of Eastern Bank Limited, received the 'Best Bank in Bangladesh' award at the Finance Asia Country Awards for Achievement 2017, held in Hong Kong on June 29, 2017.
Posted by on Mon, Jul 03 2017 10:59 am
Ali Reza Iftekhar, Managing Director and CEO of Eastern Bank Limited,
Paris steps up efforts to attract US banks after Brexit
Posted by on Sun, Jul 02 2017 11:49 am
The French government will open a tribunal in Paris to handle financial cases in English in an effort to attract more American banks after Brexit
Asian markets hit by central bank signals to end low rates
Posted by on Sun, Jul 02 2017 11:42 am
Asian markets went into reverse Friday after Wall Street and Europe suffered hefty losses in response to central banks' signals that the end to the era of cheap money was drawing near.
Operating profits of most PCBs increase in six months
Posted by on Sun, Jul 02 2017 11:04 am
Operating profits of the country's private commercial banks (PCBs) showed an upturn in the first six months of the current calendar year.
StanChart wins FinanceAsia-2017 Awards
Posted by on Sun, Jul 02 2017 10:38 am
Standard Chartered Bank Bangladesh has recently won "Best Foreign Bank in Bangladesh" and "Best Foreign Investment Bank in Bangladesh" awards at the FinanceAsia 2017 Awards.
WB okays $85.7m dev funding for Ghana
Posted by on Sun, Jul 02 2017 10:29 am
The World Bank (WB) has approved an International Development Association (IDA) credit facility of 85.7 million U.S. dollars to improve education,
Arastoo Khan, Chairman, Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited presiding over the Board of Directors meeting at the bank's head office in the city recently. Md Abdul Hamid Mia, Managing Director and directors from home and abroad were also present.
Posted by on Sun, Jul 02 2017 10:10 am
Arastoo Khan, Chairman, Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited presiding over the Board of Directors meeting at the bank\'s head office in the city recently.
US sanctions Chinese bank for laundering N.Korean cash
Posted by on Sat, Jul 01 2017 08:55 am
As South Korea's new president visited Washington, the Treasury Department announced the Bank of Dandong would be severed from the US financial system for acting "as a conduit for illicit North Korean financial activity."
Hossain Patwary, Director (Finance), Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board and A.F. Jamal Uddin, Head of Agent Banking Division of Standard Bank Ltd, exchanging the signing documents on electric bill collection through the bank at the board head office r
Posted by on Sat, Jul 01 2017 08:35 am
Hossain Patwary, Director (Finance), Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board and A.F. Jamal Uddin,
ADB-funded projects face hurdles
Posted by on Sat, Jul 01 2017 08:27 am
As many as 23 Asian Development Bank (ADB)-funded ongoing projects in the country are facing hurdles mainly due to bureaucratic tangles resulting long delay in their implementation.