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Eastern Bank signs deal with LBL
Posted by Thu, Sep 19 2013 10:33 am
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Eastern Bank Ltimited (EBL) and Leisure Bangladesh Limited (LBL) signed an agreement in Dhaka recently.
City Bank inaugurates remittance company in Malaysia
Posted by Thu, Sep 19 2013 10:10 am
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City Bank Limited opened a subsidiary company titled 'CBL Money Transfer Sdn. Bhd.' in Malaysia with the approval of Bangladesh Bank and the central bank of Malaysia.
Sonali Bank to go tough against top defaulters
Posted by Wed, Sep 18 2013 12:18 pm
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‘The bank has become capable of provisioning the CRR from this month while having an investible fund of around Tk50bn’
RMG workers allowed to open bank account at Tk100
Posted by Wed, Sep 18 2013 12:11 pm
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They will have to produce their respective factory and national identity cards to the banks to open the accounts’
Fresh pain for state banks
Posted by Wed, Sep 18 2013 11:35 am
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Wide disparity between deposit and credit growth raises fears of losses
Commerce Bank signs tripartite agreement
Posted by Wed, Sep 18 2013 10:27 am
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Bangladesh Commerce Bank Limited (BCBL) signed a tripartite agreement with F1 Soft International Private Limited, Singapore, and Hypertag (local partner) at the bank's head office in Dhaka recently.
Banks to cut stock investment to new limit by July 2016
Posted by Tue, Sep 17 2013 11:42 am
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The Bangladesh Bank on Monday directed the commercial banks to reduce their stock market investment to 25 per cent of the total of four components of core capital in the share market by 2016 in line with the newly enacted bank companies act.
IFIC buys majority stake in Nepalese bank
Posted by Tue, Sep 17 2013 11:08 am
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DHAKA, SEPT 16: Bangladeshi private commercial bank IFIC is all set to buy a majority stake in Nepal Bangladesh Bank Limited, a leading commercial bank in the land-locked Himalayan state.
NRB Bank opensbranch at Gulshan
Posted by Tue, Sep 17 2013 10:34 am
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NRB Bank recently opened a branch at Gulshan in Dhaka.
Dr. Gowher Rizvi, Adviser to the Prime Minister, inaugurated the branch as chief guest, said a press release on Monday.
StanChart receives FinanceAsia Award
Posted by Tue, Sep 17 2013 10:17 am
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Standard Chartered Bank, for the 5th consecutive year, has been named the “Best Foreign Commercial Bank in Bangladesh” by FianaceAsia, a leading financial publication in the region.