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
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Culture of impunity behind repeated industrial disasters: BILS
23 October 2025, 08:05 AM
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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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HC scraps BTRC order asking GP to pay Tk 30cr fine
The High Court (HC) scraps orders of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) asking Grameenphone to pay Tk 30 crore of fine for providing broadband internet services under Go Broadband.
25 August 2019, 15:04 PM
Banglalink launches healthcare platform ‘Daktarbhai’
Telecom operator Banglalink on Wednesday launched a digital healthcare service platform called “Daktarbhai” to provide comprehensive solutions to customers.
22 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Shasha Denims to acquire majority of EOS Textile shares
Shasha Denims is going to acquire 80 percent of shares of EOS Textile Mills worth Tk 110.68 crore.
22 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Grameenphone gets new CFO
Grameenphone has appointed Jens Becker as its new chief financial officer (CFO), effective from August 15.
21 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Defaulter Root Group to get fresh loans from Janata
In a baffling move, the central bank is set to allow precarious Janata Bank to reschedule default loans amounting to Tk 1,049 crore of little-known Root Group that ranks 49 out of the top 300 defaulters in the country.
21 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Sonali, Janata banks get new chairmen
Two state-owned banks -- Sonali Bank and Janata Bank -- get new chairmen, according to a letter issued by the finance ministry.
21 August 2019, 09:32 AM
Sonali, Rupali MDs swap seats, Agrani’s MD unchanged
The managing directors of Sonali Bank and Rupali Bank yesterday swapped seats for the next three years, in what can be viewed as a baffling round of musical chairs.
20 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Exports smash record in July, fetch $3.89b
Exports brought home record amounts in July, in a development that will bring a huge sigh of relief for the government battling sizeable balance of payments deficit.
20 August 2019, 18:00 PM
MDs of Sonali Bank, Rupali Bank swapped
The managing directors of Sonali Bank and Rupali Bank swaps seats for the next three years, in what can be viewed as a baffling round of musical chairs.
20 August 2019, 14:25 PM
PM to inaugurate 3rd Dreamliner ‘Gangchil’ Thursday
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate third Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner “Gangchil” on Thursday.
19 August 2019, 15:02 PM
BB policy sparks flurry of loan write-offs
Loan write-offs almost quadrupled in the first quarter of the year on the back of the central bank’s easing of rules, in a sobering reminder of the banking sector’s deteriorating financial health.
18 August 2019, 18:00 PM
BB plans uniform method to calculate cost of funds
The central bank is set to come up with a new formula for calculating the cost of funds for banks with a view to bringing down the interest rate on lending, much to the trepidation of bankers.
17 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Govt’s borrowing from banks almost half of its plan
The government’s bank borrowing last fiscal year was almost half of what it had planned to, thanks to its lower development expenditure and higher sales of national savings certificates, much to the relief of the cash-strapped banking sector.
17 August 2019, 18:00 PM
‘Banking commission to be formed in reasonable time’
Banking commission will be formed within a reasonable time with a view to perking up the financial health of banks, Finance Minister AHM Mostafa Kamal says.
14 August 2019, 15:26 PM
Want to be the best bank within 5 years
At a time when many banks are struggling to arrest default loans stemming from a lack of corporate governance, Pubali Bank can be a role model for them given its stunning performance in bringing down the bad debt.
10 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Relaxed rescheduling open till Sept 7
Defaulters will get till September 7 to apply for rescheduling their loans under the central bank’s relaxed policy as per a Bangladesh Bank notice to banks yesterday. The relaxed policy was made available in May to allow defaulters to clear their loans.
8 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh second in export growth: WTO
Bangladesh has achieved the second highest export growth globally over the past decade (2008-2018) and the highest among South Asian nations thanks to the spiralling apparel shipment, according to World Statistics Review 2019.
8 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Grameen Bank Chairman Mozammel Haque passes away
Chairman of Grameen Bank Khandaker Mozammel Haque passes away at Square Hospital in Dhaka. He was 74.
8 August 2019, 13:49 PM
Viber launches in Bangla
To cater to the growing number of users in Bangladesh, popular messaging application Viber has rolled out its new user interface (UI) in Bangla for the local market.
8 August 2019, 12:38 PM
Shafiul Azam reappointed Modhumoti Bank MD
Md Shafiul Azam has recently been reappointed managing director and chief executive officer of Modhumoti Bank.
7 August 2019, 18:00 PM