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DBBL holds plastic surgery campaign
Posted by on Mon, Feb 18 2013 04:46 am
Under the smile-brighter programme, Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited organised a 4-day plastic surgery campaign at the bank's own cost at the Center for Rehabilitation of the Paralyzed (CRP) in Savar recently.
Bank Asia gives scholarship to 15 students
Posted by on Mon, Feb 18 2013 04:21 am
Bank Asia awarded scholarships to fifteen insolvent meritorious students for their higher study at Lohagara in Chittagong Friday.
Farm loan roll-out goes up 16pc
Posted by on Sun, Feb 17 2013 05:37 am
Farm loan disbursement rose by around 16 percent to Tk 7,723.58 crore in the first seven months of the current fiscal year compared to the same period a year ago.
FSIBL signs deal with RanksTel
Posted by on Sun, Feb 17 2013 05:03 am
First Security Islami Bank Limited (FSIBL) signed a corporate agreement with RanksTel Limited in Dhaka recently.
Banks’ classified loans rise alarmingly
Posted by on Sun, Feb 17 2013 04:31 am
Banks’ non-performing loans (NPL), also known as classified credits, have increased alarmingly, which implies low base of assets, capital and income of the banks, according to Bangladesh Bank (BB) sources.
11 banks hold 74.25pc classified loan
Posted by on Sat, Feb 16 2013 05:13 am
The country’s 11 banks held 74.25 per cent default loans of the banking sector as of December 31, 2012 as a significant amount of loans has been classified by the banks due to recent banking scams, said Bangladesh Bank officials.
Commerce Bank gets new chairman
Posted by on Thu, Feb 14 2013 04:47 am
Md Yousuf Ali Hawlader has been elected chairman of Bangladesh Commerce Bank for 2013-2016, the bank said in a statement yesterday.
BB steps up anti-fraud measures
Posted by on Thu, Feb 14 2013 04:30 am
The central bank has considerably shored up its precautionary measures to contain fraudulent activities in response to the recent banking scams, its governor said yesterday.
BB to monitor forex-related transactions on dashboard
Posted by on Wed, Feb 13 2013 06:19 am
Bangladesh Bank on Tuesday introduced an electronic system for monitoring all kind of transactions involving foreign exchange in the banking sector to check any embezzlement.
BB beefs up watch on banks' forex operations
Posted by on Wed, Feb 13 2013 05:46 am
A new chapter has opened for the supervision of international transactions as the central bank yesterday launched a full-fledged automated system to monitor the country's entire foreign exchange operations.