Bangladesh, Aug. 18 -- Sonali Bank has been advised to enhance advance-deposit ratio by lending to productive sectors instead of keeping funds idle as the largest bank's AD proportion is said to be at the lowest level among the state-owned banks.

Advertisement The government direction was given Sunday at a meeting between officials of the Financial Institutions Division (FID) and the board of directors and top management of the bank at Bangladesh Secretariat, officials said, as banking-sector stocktaking is underway.

The FID is holding meetings with the authorities of the state-run commercial banks for a review of their overall financial and operational situation, recent progress, existing problems and prospects, and ongoing banking-se...