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Agrani Bank wins award for remittance collection

Agrani Bank PLC has been honored with the ‘Top Ten Remittance Silver Award 2025’ at the “Branding Bangladesh World Conference Series 2025” by the non-profit research organisation, the Centre for NRB, for its remittance collections.

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BB governor reveals laundered money figures, reaffirms efforts to recover

He pointed to a single case where $20 billion was transferred abroad illegally, marking it as one of the largest instances of money laundering in the country’s history.

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VAT, SD on nearly 100 items hiked despite inflation worries

NBR issues a notification moments ago

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AFM Shahinul Islam, new head of BFIU

The former Bangladesh Bank executive director has been appointed in the post for two years

2d ago

BFIU seeks bank account details of Shomi Kaiser

Banks have to send the data within January 12

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Grameen Bank ownership, board to see major changes 

The plan has been outlined in the draft of a new ordinance

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BFIU seeks bank account info of Tulip, family

The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) yesterday sought information on the bank accounts of Tulip Siddiq, niece of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and UK city minister, and her family members.

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Stocks rebound riding on large-cap shares

The benchmark index of the Dhaka bourse rose 0.65% today

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S Alam Group took over half of Islami Bank’s total loans, says new IBBL chairman

Chattogram-based conglomerate S Alam Group has taken more than half of the total loans disbursed by Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd (IBBL), according to the bank’s newly appointed Chairman Md Obayed Ullah Al Masud

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SIBL MD, 2 DMDs resign 

SIBL Managing Director Zafar Alam and Deputy Managing Directors Habibur Rahman and Khorshed Alam have resigned today following the central bank's board reformation of the bank

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SIBL's former chairman Belal, managing director Zafar sued for attack on an employee 

Belal Ahmed, the former chairman of Social Islami Bank Ltd (SIBL), and Zafar Alam, managing director, have been sued for allegedly attacking a bank employee

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Default loans hit record Tk 211,000cr 

Default loans in the banking sector hit an all-time high of Tk 211,000 crore at the end of June of this year, as per the latest Bangladesh Bank data. 

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EDF loan gets costlier after new interest rate calculations

Exporters will face higher costs when getting loans from the Export Development Fund (EDF), as a new interest rate calculation method has been introduced for loans in US dollars

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BB hikes cash withdrawal limit to Tk 5 lakh

The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has increased the cash withdrawal limit from banks to Tk 5 lakh per account this week, up from Tk 4 lakh per account the previous week

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MD's resignation: ‘Forced to put signature on pad never used by Islami Bank’

Former managing director breaks silence for first time since S Alam took control of the bank in 2017

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Sharif Zahir, new chairman of UCB

The bank has also got new faces in the top tier

4m ago

Nazrul Islam Mazumder removed from Exim Bank board

BB forms new five-member board for Exim, keeping three shareholder directors unchanged

4m ago

White paper to focus on mega projects, not all dev projects: Debapriya

The 12-member panel held its first meeting today, the next one on Sep 3

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