HC bars trade, town association groups from Ctg chamber’s polls
23 October 2025, 15:00 PM
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Akij Resource plans to launch digital bank
23 October 2025, 13:27 PM
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ILO ratification demands labour reforms in Bangladesh
23 October 2025, 12:59 PM
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Summit Power’s profit plunges 88% in FY25
23 October 2025, 10:18 AM
Business
Culture of impunity behind repeated industrial disasters: BILS
23 October 2025, 08:05 AM
Business
Govt moves to boost House Building Corporation’s lending capacity
22 October 2025, 18:42 PM
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Interbank dollar price crosses Tk 122 after 2.5 months
22 October 2025, 18:36 PM
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Auction full ‘golden spectrum’, lower prices
22 October 2025, 18:35 PM
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Foreign banks top profits, trail in social spending
22 October 2025, 18:24 PM
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Telcos, ISPs asked to boost fire safety measures
22 October 2025, 15:40 PM
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Turkish Airways starts issuing return tickets to Italy-bound Bangladeshis
Turkish Airways has started issuing return tickets to Italy-bound Bangladeshi expatriates from today.
18 October 2020, 09:08 AM
Biman to begin flights on Sylhet-London route from October 4
Biman Bangladesh Airlines will start direct flights to London from Sylhet from October 4.
2 October 2020, 11:38 AM
Biman to resume flights on Dhaka-Singapore route from Oct 1
After months of shutdown due to the pandemic Biman Bangladesh Airlines will resume flying on the Dhaka-Singapore route from October 1.
25 September 2020, 15:08 PM
Banks to continue suspended ATM operations for 6-8hrs at night
Most of the banks are keeping their ATM (automated teller machine) booth operation suspended for 6-8 hours at night following a hacking alert issued by the Bangladesh Bank in late August.
8 September 2020, 17:14 PM
Banglalink knocked down further by pandemic
Banglalink, once the most-spirited operator in the country but has since fallen behind in competition, is slipping further for the pandemic.
8 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Eastern Bank’s profits rise on higher loan recovery, low NPL
Eastern Bank’s profits grew at a handsome rate in 2019 thanks to a higher recovery from written-off and classified loans, new client acquisition and deeper penetration both in retail and SME segments despite it being a challenging year for almost every financial institution.
19 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Banking sector’s stressed asset figure, once unveiled annually, is now under wraps
The central bank has stopped publishing the figure of stressed assets in its annual financial stability report with a view to painting a rosy picture of the banking sector at a time when lenders are facing one of their worst crises in living memory.
18 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Social Islami Bank launches ‘dual prepaid’ card
Social Islami Bank has launched a “dual prepaid” card with a number of features which would make daily activities of its users “more comfortable than ever”.
15 July 2020, 18:00 PM
GP profit slips amid Covid-19 fallouts
Grameenphone’s net profit tumbled 23.87 per cent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2020 because of the ongoing Covid-19 crisis.
15 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Kabir reappointed BB governor after much ado
The government yesterday finally reappointed Fazle Kabir as the governor of the central bank for two more years as it looks for an old hand to steer the financial sector during its most challenging period yet.
15 July 2020, 18:00 PM
AB Bank asks over 100 employees to resign
AB Bank has asked more than 100 of its employees to resign as part of its efforts to restructure operations.
12 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Dhaka Bank shapeshifting with pandemic
When the majority of banks are struggling to survive from the ongoing financial meltdown brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, Dhaka Bank has introduced a novel banking product that will help clients open their account from home.
6 July 2020, 18:00 PM
A whopping 46 lakh mobile connections vanished amid pandemic
Mobile phone operators are struggling to retain their active subscribers despite offering lucrative packages, including free minutes, SMS and extra data, as the coronavirus-induced economic downturn has affected all sectors and curtailed people’s income.
6 July 2020, 18:00 PM
SIBL targets low-cost deposits
Social Islami Bank has rolled out a new campaign to rope in more customers and widen the customer base by offering Tk 100 in instant cash bonus for opening any new accounts, in a move that can give a boost the central bank’s financial inclusion agenda.
5 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Banks’ looming salary cuts: far-sighted or self-seeking?
Opportunism. That is what comes to mind when one hears of the move by the Bangladesh Association of Banks (BAB), an organisation of sponsors of private banks, to usher in salary cuts for their staffs.
5 July 2020, 18:00 PM
EBL introduces export factoring solution
Eastern Bank (EBL) yesterday rolled out a novel export factoring solution -- just the day after the central bank issued the guideline for it -- as part of its efforts to reduce the risks that Bangladeshi exporters face when it comes to collecting their goods’ worth.
2 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh Bank orders disbursal of stimulus funds by next month
The Bangladesh Bank yesterday cracked the whip on banks for their foot-dragging in implementing the stimulus packages for businesses, ordering them to disburse all funds within the next month.
2 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Listed banks bleed in H1. But the market is not too fussed.
Most banks’ operating profits declined 20 to 30 per cent in the first half of 2020 because of the paralysed economy but the fall did not reflect properly in their stock prices owing to the floor price.
2 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Grameenphone files writ petition with HC challenging BTRC restrictions
Grameenphone has filed a writ petition with the High Court, challenging legality of BTRC’s decision that imposed two new restrictions on the country’s leading mobile operator.
29 June 2020, 08:28 AM
Telecom sector can galvanise economic recovery
As connectivity through digitalisation has proven worthwhile in keeping socio-economic activities up and running even during the pandemic, entire Bangladesh is running after innovation in this area, said Yasir Azman, chief executive officer of Grameenphone.
6 June 2020, 18:00 PM