KISHOREGANJ: Police detained more than 20 people, including Kishoreganj Sonali Bank branch manager Humayan Kabir Bhuiyan and its 11 officials, for interrogating about the looting of Tk16.40 crore from the branch.

The new monetary policy for the second half of the current fiscal year will boost investments and business activities that were severely hurt by political unrest in the past few months, Bangladesh Bank said yesterday. The central bank also said it would go on with a cautious stance to ensure macr...

Bangladesh Bank has asked all the scheduled commercial banks to take all the necessary steps for ensuring security of their respective bank’s vaults in the wake of a recent incident where miscreants broke in and looted around Tk16.4 crore from a branch of Sonali Bank Limited in Kishoreganj Sadar.

As is well known by now, these half-yearly statements are intended to anchor inflation expectations in the economy, signalling ex-ante the monetary stance for the next half year in light of the domestic and external developments.

Bangladesh Bank (BB) will continue to collaborate with Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) in stabilizing the capital market, said Governor Dr Atiur Rahman on Monday.

Mutual Trust Bank Limited organised its Annual Business Conference-2014 at a local hotel in Dhaka recently. Founding Chairman Syed Manzur Elahi, Vice Chairman, Rashed Ahmed Chowdhury, MTB Directors Khwaja Nargis Hossain, MA Rouf, JP, Independent Directors Anwarul Amin and Dr. Sultan Hafeez Rahman...

Jamuna Bank Limited organized annual business conference at a hotel in Dhaka recently. Kanutosh Majumder, Chairman, Jamuna Bank Limited, inaugurated the conference as the chief guest, said a press release.

Bangladesh Bank would urge the government to take measures in increasing manpower export to offset a possible setback in the country’s foreign exchange balance.

The foreign loans approved by the central bank are significantly cost-effective for entrepreneurs, but lending by local banks is getting squeezed by the move.

City Bank recently signed an agreement with TVS Auto Bangladesh.