Dhaka, May 17 -- Bloating deficit in trade credits prompts the central bank to begin probing the facts as the lacuna has upset the country's financial account in recent times, officials said. The fac... Read More
Dhaka, May 13 -- Bangladesh barely gains from growing current-account surpluses in the balance of payments (BoP) as bloating deficit in trade credits in financial account erodes the positive outcomes ... Read More
Dhaka, May 5 -- Interest calculating in SMART formula comes as a boon for banking as banks bag windfalls from a record spread between the rates they provide to depositors and take from borrowers. Off... Read More
Dhaka, April 25 -- Cash-strapped banks seem to be slowly bouncing back from liquidity crunch on cash feeding by the central bank that has handed out a record amount to the bankers. The improvement is... Read More
Dhaka, April 21 -- Commercial banks' spotlight on burgeoning rural Bangladesh keeps fading with disbursement of formal credits and the number of branches in the least-developed areas constantly shrink... Read More
Dhaka, April 19 -- Disillusioned saving depositors begin diverting their funds into higher-paying term deposits to make up for waning interest income amid higher inflation, sources say. The switch co... Read More
Dhaka, April 8 -- Ongoing mergers and acquisitions in Bangladesh's banking sector gets in high gear now that City Bank decides on coupling with the weakened state-run BASIC, officials said. The list ... Read More
Dhaka, April 5 -- Money outside banks balloons to Tk 2.58 trillion despite a sharp rise in deposit rates as the bets cannot stem mattress-money accumulation, compelling liquidity-hungry bankers to bor... Read More
Dhaka, April 2 -- Money market gathers heat as the demand for cash in the liquidity-scant banking sector surges ahead of Eid festival, officials and bankers said. To meet the growing demand for credi... Read More
Dhaka, March 24 -- Dollar feeding by the central bank to stabilise the market of foreign currencies continues even as forex holding of the commercial banks marks a significant increase in recent times... Read More