Dhaka, April 8 -- Bangladesh Bank smells a plot by vested groups to destabilise exchange rate through creating artificial crisis on Bangladesh's foreign-exchange market to cash in on the Mideast mayhe... Read More
Dhaka, April 5 -- A resurgence in funnelling reserve money into the market through cheap state credits to banks and dollar buy from them through regulatory intervention is stoking fears of higher infl... Read More
Dhaka, March 18 -- Automated banking transactions surge amid festival splurges with ATMs (automated teller machines), internet banking and MFS (mobile financial service) feeling pressures of Eid rush.... Read More
Dhaka, March 14 -- Fixed deposits with banks have been on the wane for reasons like optional switch to better instruments and FDR liquidation to defray election spending or for perceived vote-related ... Read More
Dhaka, March 10 -- After months of a regulated stability, Bangladesh's foreign-exchange market suddenly starts heating up with exchange rate recording nearly a 30-paisa rise in a day, sources say. Of... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 28 -- The existing repo facilities are being squeezed further as the Bangladesh Bank (BB) is set to phase out its 14-day liquidity window in a move to make banks manage funds more efficien... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 24 -- Despite a modest increase in import orders, Bangladesh's import-bill settlement declined during the first seven months of the current fiscal year, reflecting subdued industrial deman... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 22 -- Current 2.0-percent mandatory down payment to get default loans regularised has been halved in a latest government measure to stem non-performing loan (NPL) buildup in Bangladesh's b... Read More