The country’s foreign aid inflow still remained low during the first eight months of the current fiscal, compared to the same period in the previous year. Foreign aid disbursement marked a fall by US$16.61 million to $1,196.59 million during July 2011 to February 2012 period of the FY2011-12, co...

Mutual Trust Bank Limited has organized a workshop on “Corporate Governance for Sustain- able Banks” at a city hotel recently.

Standard Chartered Bank Limited awarded Asia Cup tickets to its credit cardholders at a function yesterday. Gitanka D. Datta, Head of Cards of Standard Chartered Bank, handed over tickets to the winning cardholders, said a press release.

Bangladesh Bank has been repositioning its focus on bank supervision in a strategic way. We are monitoring the condition and performance of the banking sector with sharpened risk focus, taking up new initiatives to improve our oversight, both on-site and off-site. As part of that initiative, we h...

Islamic microfinance can be an effective tool to eradicate poverty if it ensures distributive justice to the downtrodden people, analysts said yesterday. Poverty has multi-dimensional aspects: it means not only a lack of money but other issues such as poor access to clean water and sanitation, i...

Syed Waseque Md Ali, Deputy Managing Director of First Security Islami Bank Limited, posing for photograph with the participants at the closing ceremony of 11th foundation training course organised for the bank's officers in the city recently.

Sonia H Moni The central bank is going to disburse a two- step loan fund for refinance or pre-finance under JICA assisted Financial Sector Project for the Development of Small and Medium Enterprises (FSPDSME), officials said.

The newly-appointed Chinese Ambassador in Bangladesh said Monday his country will consider participating in the Padma Bridge project only when they get a formal proposal from the government. "We will consider the matter, if Bangladesh puts forward a formal proposal to construct the Padma Bridge,...

A total of eight new commercial banks, including three non-resident Bangladeshi (NRB) banks, may get approval at the next board of directors' meeting of Bangladesh Bank, sources said. The meeting is likely to be held on March 27 for taking the final decision on allowing new private commercial ba...

Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited (DBBL) has declared cash dividend at 40 per cent for general public shareholders and foreign sponsors and shareholders for the year 2011. It, however, excludes local sponsors.