SIRAJGANJ: Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Dr Atiur Rahman said the next monetary policy would have a strategy of ensuring credit flow to productive sectors with an aim to tame up the inflation through increasing the supply of essential commodities as per the demand.

The private sector is not getting enough credit for working capital as banks are going through a liquidity crisis, the president of International Chamber of Commerce Bangladesh said yesterday.

The commerce ministry, in a bid to increase the government's non-tax earnings, has proposed doubling of registration and renewal fees for exporters and importers.

The state of the world economy these days reminds me of the famous telegram from an Austrian general, responding to his German counterpart toward the end of World War One. The German described the situation in his sector of the Eastern front as “serious but not catastrophic”. In the Austrian sect...

Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) organised a day-long orientation programme for 160 newly-appointed assistant officers Tuesday at Mohammad Yunus Auditorium of Islami Bank Tower in Dhaka.

WASHINGTON: The World Bank yesterday approved a controversial project to link the Ethiopian and Kenyan electricity grids, which has been criticized by lobby groups because of environmental and human rights concerns.

NEW DELHI: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) yesterday lowered the growth forecast for India to 6.5 per cent for the current fiscal, from the earlier 7 per cent projection, on the back of subdued demand and high inflation.

JAYPURHAT: Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) has realised Taka 832.3 million as agriculture credit here during the 2011-12 fiscal, transcending the target of Taka 457 million.

Bangladesh Bank (BB) was accorded Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM) award by American Lawrence Technological University for being a pioneer in introducing e-Tender system for all kinds of procurement, according to a BB press release.

IFIC Bank Limited and Bangladesh Bank (BB) recently signed an agreement on utilising JICA-assisted funds in Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) sector in the country.