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BB prods banks for Citygroup rescue plan by month-end

Bangladesh, Sept. 18 -- The central bank has asked the lending banks concerned to finalise a rescue package for the troubled Citygroup forthwith to avoid their loans getting classified. The Banglades... Read More


BB stimulus fails to buoy up private sector credit demand

Bangladesh, Sept. 17 -- Formal credit growth for private sector stayed almost stagnated in indication that fund demand and concomitant bank lending have yet to pick up despite government stimulus for ... Read More


No disbursement yet from BB-launched stimulus package

Bangladesh, Sept. 12 -- A government stimulus package worth Tk 600 billion for giving a shot in the sagging economy's arm remains unused even over three months after the central bank launched the mass... Read More


Govt debt balloons as bank borrowing far outstrips mark

Bangladesh, Aug. 24 -- Government bank-borrowing debt deepens with the aggregate sum borrowed from the domestic banking sources far overshot the upwardly revised target to hit Tk 1.68 trillion in the ... Read More


Special bank loan scheme 'Udyog' soon

Bangladesh, Aug. 12 -- A special job-generation scheme styled 'Udyog' with an initial gestation fund worth Tk 5.0 billion comes up soon for July-uprising fighters and teeming unemployed youths. Adver... Read More


Mattress money growth means lax depositor trust revival

Bangladesh, Aug. 6 -- Money outside the country's bank vaults was growing until latest official data available, signifying that depositor trust in the banking sector has not yet revived fully. Advert... Read More


Private credit growth hits historic low

Bangladesh, Aug. 5 -- Private-sector credit growth has fallen to a record low, underscoring the fragile state of the country's economic recovery despite a series of regulatory measures by the central ... Read More


Banks' liquidity bloats amid sluggish credit demand, rising deposits

Bangladesh, July 28 -- Scheduled banks now seem to be in a quandary with excess liquidity buildup following deposit resurgence and weak loan demand amid prolonged economic slowdown, bankers say. Amid... Read More


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