A Rouf Chowdhury, chairman of Bank Asia, poses with participants of a two-day workshop on credit appraisal system and green banking, at its concluding ceremony at the bank's corporate office in Dhaka on Sunday. Md Mehmood Husain, managing director, was also present.

Members of Yunus Shurid (Friends of Yunus) at a meeting in Chittagong yesterday expressed deep concern over the recent proposed change in the legal structure of Grameen Bank.

Enhancement of cash flow along with institutional investors’ continuous and active participation is a must to bring stability in the country’s share market, said Akter Hossain Sannamat, a market analyst.

Social Islami Bank Limited (SIBL) recently donated Tk 250,000 to one of its employees for heart treatment.

WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund announced yesterday an extension of a two-year loan window to Iraq by seven months to allow the authorities time to get policy measures on track under the program.

WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund yesterday issued a $2 billion loan for Jordan to steady the country’s battered economy and protect it from external “shocks” in the region.

Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited (DBBL) donated an ambulance to the Beach Management Committee (BMC) to ensure emergency support in rescuing visitors in case of any incidents at the longest beach Cox’s Bazar.

The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has provided licence to a new credit rating agency to assess the financial health of bank companies operating in the country.

The government will have to form a special tribunal to deal with capital market related cases, in line with the conditions the Asian Development Bank has attached to a $215 million credit offer for Bangladesh.

Taka has gained nearly five per cent against the US dollar over the past six months as import of products except fuel oil fell and foreign remittance rose. The foreign currency reserve touched $10.70 billion mark on Thursday as the 2012-13 fiscal kicked off with a downtrend of opening of import L...