City Bank has recently elected Rubel Aziz as its chairman and Meherun Haque as vice chairperson, the bank said in a statement yesterday. The election took place in a recent board meeting of the bank, the statement added.

Simin Hossen Rimi, daughter of Tajuddin Ahmed, inaugurating the 195th branch of Sonali Bank Limited at Kapasia Singhosri Bazar in Gazipur Tuesday. Md Mainul Haque, Deputy Managing Director of the bank, also seen, among others.

Prime Bank central compliance unit of the Internal Control and Compliance Division of head office organised a workshop on ‘Anti-Money Laundering and Anti Terrorist Financing’ at IBB Amberkhana branch of the bank in Sylhet on November 26, says a press release.

Bangladesh Bank (BB) will allow commercial banks to serve clients through agents, apart from their own employees. A BB circular Wednesday, however, says that in case the banks choose to offer door-to-door service to their clients, they would have to bear the risks.

The world's biggest central banks sprang into action to help shield the eurozone and the entire global system from the debt crisis on Wednesday with extra funds for banks. The Bank of Canada, the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan, the European Central Bank, the US Federal Reserve and the Swis...

Bangladesh Bank (BB) yesterday issued a comprehensive guideline to provide banking services at customer's premises and ensure transparency in rights and obligations of clients. The central bank has advised all banks to prepare their own schemes aligned to the guideline. BB said charges to b...

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has received applications for setting up 32 new banks under the changed criteria announced in late September this year. The BB received most of the applications yesterday, the last day for submitting applications, a BB official said. “We will open these applications today ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has extended its support to speed up the inflow of remittance from Bangladeshi people living abroad. The project named ‘Institutional Support for Migrant Workers Remittance’ will facilitate expatriate Bangladeshis and their family members at home get the most b...

Mercantile Bank Limited (MBL) has opened its 69th branch at Imamganj in Dhaka recently. Abdul Jalil, member of parliament and chairman of the bank, formally inaugurated the branch, said a press release.

Agricultural loan disbursement in the first four months of the current fiscal year (FY) further declined by about Tk 6.0 billion, compared with the same period the year before, Bangladesh Bank (BB) said. According to the BB data, state-owned commercial banks (SCBs), state-owned specialised ban...