Private and foreign banks increased their farm loan disbursement in the first five months of fiscal 2012-13 to avoid the central bank's punitive measures.

The foreign commercial banks (FCBs) operating in Bangladesh are yet to make any significant contribution to the growth and promotion of small and medium entrepreneurs (SMEs), official sources said.

As Germany’s biggest lender, Deutsche Bank has for many people long symbolised everything that is wrong and immoral about the banking sector and its perceived culture of limitless greed. However, under the new dual leadership of Anshu Jain and Juergen Fitschen, who took over in June, the bank has...

Some 20 local Private Commercial Banks (PCBs) have invested an amount of Tk 1.70 trillion till September ofthe current calendar year against the deposits these banks have collected from clients worth Tk 2.12 trillion by the period since inception of respective operations, according to data availa...

Post and Telecommunications Minister Advocate Shahara Khatun Sunday said the hands of 120 million able citizens of the country could turn into the hands of prosperity through utilising the prospects of Information Communication Technology (ICT).

In September, an Indian newspaper ran a report, titled “If you go by their ad, YV Reddy could become the next governor of Bank of England”. How do you feel after reading the report?

Mark Gongloff is not a fan of the idea that corporations are people. Except, that is, when the corporation in question is HSBC: he's extremely angry at the fact that the UK bank won't face criminal prosecution as a result of its money-laundering shenanigans.

The boards of state banks have remained dysfunctional for more than three months as the government has been unable to appoint directors to the banks' highest policymaking panels.

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has instructed all state-owned commercial banks (SCB) to give interest-free loan to the marginal farmers and poor women of Aila-Sidr and monga affected region under their Social Corporate Responsibility (CSR).

A 4-week long 36th foundation training course organised by Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited ended in Dhaka recently.