BASIC Bank Limited has opened its 51st branch in Mymensingh Thursday. Sheikh Abdul Hai Bacchu, Chairman of the bank inaugurated the branch, said a press release.

Executive Committee (EC) of Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited (SIBL) recently organised its 491st meeting at the bank's head office premises in Dhaka.

Prime Bank Limited organised a workshop on 'Anti-Money Laun-dering and Anti Terro-rist Financing' at Bi-joynagar in Dhaka.

Bangladesh Bank (BB) is set to announce its annual agricultural and rural credit policy and programme for the 2012-13 financial year (FY13) on July 24 with a disbursement target of taka 141.23 billion.

Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) has geared up its rural and agriculture loans disbursement drive in order to boost agricultural production in the country.

Growth in some developing Asian countries, including Bangladesh and India, will go down further due to a worsening the financial and banking crisis in Europe and a sluggish recovery in the United States, the Asian Development Bank said yesterday.

The central bank will encourage credit growth in the private sector in an effort to raise economic growth to 7.2 percent, the highest ever target set by the government for the current fiscal year.

Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder, MP, chairman of board of directors of Pubali Bank Ltd, and directors have decided at its 886th meeting to invest further Tk 500 crore in the capital market on Wednesday, says a press release.

Small bank account holders who maintain their accounts’ balance up to Tk 100,000 will not be charged additional 5 per cent withholding tax on their interest earnings even if they do not have tax identification number (TIN). A proposal to increase tax at source on bank interests to 15 per cent for...

RANGPU: The divisional business assessment meeting of the officials of the divisional, regional, corporate and district offices of Sonali Bank Limited (SBL) was held here today.