Mohammed Gofran was promoted to Additional Managing Director (AMD) of Southeast Bank Limited.

Dhaka Bank Limited recently opened ATM booths at Rajuk Trade Center at Uttara and Shimnato Square at Dhanmondi in Dhaka and at Belkuchi in Sirajgonj.

The curtains came down Sunday on IMF and World Bank meetings that were dominated by a gathering row over whether austerity or growth should come centre stage as the world economy seeks a reboot.

The government is still undecided over the key donor condition of giving more authority to the central bank over the state-run banks, despite not having much time in hand.

The government plans to build a food grain silo at Mongla port to arrest pilferages from imported cargoes.

Bangladesh Bank (BB) will start to exchange newly printed notes of different denominations from today (Sunday) on occasion of Eid-ul-Azha and Durga Puja for meeting the additional demand for cash during the upcoming festivals.

DHAKA: External Panel of the World Bank (WB), comprising eminent international experts, arrived here early today (Sunday) to work with the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) to probe the alleged graft in Padma Multipurpose Bridge (PMB) project.

Bangladesh's economy will grow by more than 6.5 percent in the current fiscal year although the global expansion is under-pressure, the central bank governor said.

TOKYO: The United States is making progress on getting its fiscal house in order though much more needs to be done, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told fellow financial leaders Saturday. The comment came just hours after the US government announced that the budget deficit had topped $1 trill...

TOKYO: Protesters calling for an end to the International Monetary Fund hit the streets of Tokyo today as the last-resort lender held meetings in the Japanese capital.