A corporate partnership agreement was signed between weekly magazine First News and First Security Islami Bank Limited on Thursday at the head office of the bank in Gulshan in the city.

The Bangladesh Bank governor yesterday said he expects to see changes in the manner the central bank conducts banking supervision. The banking regulator will constantly be more and more focused on risk, and less on routine tasks, as most of the supervisors of it are involved in the on-site inspe...

Atiur Rahman Bangladesh Bank is working continuously to develop a modern information technology based efficient and secured banking system with a view to increasing stability in the financial sector. We have already introduced multifarious system including online banking, e-commerce, Automated...

US lawmakers yesterday pressed President Barack Obama to nominate economist Jeffrey Sachs as the next World Bank president as the White House scrambled to pick a different candidate ahead of next week’s deadline.

National Bank Limited (NBL) held a training course for its Junior Officers (Cash) in Dhaka recently.

Janata Bank Limited (JBL) has opened its 876th branch at Sebarhat in Noakhali recently.

Prime Bank has been enhancing technology usage in its banking services with the demand of time.

This week was my first visit to Bangkok since the floods in December. The city seems to have recovered and the economy is on the mend. After an estimated 0.1 percent growth in real GDP in 2011, the International Institute of Finance (IIF) is forecasting a robust 7 percent growth recovery in 2012,...

The shareholders of Southeast Bank Ltd by their unanimous votes approved 15 per cent cash dividend and 5 per cent stock dividend to the shareholders and the financial statements of the bank for 2011. They also re-elected directors and approved appointment of external auditors for the year 2012, s...

Merchant banks borrow from their parent organisations but they have to waive interests. They thanked the scheme committee for recommending waiver of interests. They will be able to waive interests if their parent organisations do so.