United Commercial Bank Limited has opened its 121st branch at Bhatiary in Chittagong Tuesday.

MoneyGram International signed an agreement with National Bank Limited on expanding its netwrok in Bangladesh.

Standard Chartered Bank Limited signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Singapore Airlines at its head office in Dhaka.

Bangladesh Development Bank Ltd (BDBL), a state-owned specialised bank, has earned Tk 686 million net profit during 2011.The bank during the year disbursed Tk 785.6 million credit and recovered Tk 1.65 billion.

The remittance inflow is set to cross $13 billion mark at the end of the current fiscal year as the amount has already reached $12.54 billion till June 22 this year, Bangladesh Bank (BB) sources said. The country, however, fetched $11.6 billion as remittance in 2010-11 fiscal.

NCC Bank Limited opened two ATM booths in Khulna and Jessore districts.

Prime Bank Limited has opened its 120th branch at Tejgaon.Md. Shirajul Islam Mollah, Chairman of the bank and Tanjil Chowdhury, Vice Chairman of the executive committee jointly inaugurated the branch Monday, said a press release.

Stocks yesterday gained the highest gain in two months as investors went on a buying spree following a positive decision by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited opened its 273rd branch at Upakul Super Market at Subarnachar in Noakhali.

Bank customers have logged some 2,151 complaints to central bank in last one year till March, which are related to clients’ harassments by their banks in rendering banking services, according to a recent Bangladesh Bank (BB) study.