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Bank Company Act provision suspended for co's LC opening

Dhaka, July 7 -- Bangladesh Bank has suspended a section of the Bank Company Act for a year only to allow letter of credit (LC) opening in favour of a defaulter company. The BB move has taken many by ... Read More


New BB chief too chooses monetary contraction

Dhaka, June 30 -- Bangladesh Bank continues its contractionary monetary-policy stance with the existing elevated policy rate unchanged to curb inflationary burden though some of its recent decisions r... Read More


Surge in high-powered money weakens inflation combat

Dhaka, June 24 -- After a downturn, inflation-fueling high-powered money has surged again, largely negating the effect of a contractionary policy pursued by the regulator to stem price rises. The mon... Read More


Banks' foreign-currency lending to businesses falters

Dhaka, June 16 -- Offshore-banking operations face setbacks following regulatory instructions downsizing the cost-ceiling rate on foreign-currency lending to businesses that dents profitability of com... Read More


NPL volume swells to Tk 5.89t

Dhaka, June 2 -- Extensive policy support and partial writeoff facility prove ineffective as the volume of classified loans in Bangladesh's banking sector makes a quantum leap again by around Tk 315 b... Read More


Private sector credit growth plummets to historic low

Dhaka, May 19 -- Formal credit growth for private sector plummeted to a historical low of 4.72 per cent as per latest data available up to March, indicating holdback in economic pickup for multiple ad... Read More


Startup investment co launching on May 12

Dhaka, May 8 -- The widely-discussed Bangladesh Startup Investment Company (BSIC), owned by 39 commercial banks, will officially be launched on Tuesday next with no concrete decision over the use of f... Read More


Former board bids for regaining SIBL, petitions regulator

Dhaka, April 27 -- A reversal of the five Islamic bank merger begins as former shareholders of Social Islami Bank Ltd officially appeal for regaining the troubled bank's conditional control through a ... Read More


Banks lose borrowing appetite as credit demand slumps

Dhaka, April 21 -- Commercial banks' borrowing appetite continues to fall amid a squeeze in credit demand in the face of persisting economic sluggishness in recent months. Apart from the private sect... Read More