banking sector crisis

Bridge banks proposed to run failed banks

The Bangladesh Bank will be able to sell or liquidate weak banks by forming bridge banks—financial institutions that temporarily take over a failed bank, according to the draft Bank Resolution Ordinance.

3 banks get Tk 12,500cr in emergency funds

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has extended a total of Tk 12,500 crore in emergency funds to three beleaguered banks to dress up their balance sheet ahead of the year’s end. 

2024: The year that was / A rush to heal exposed banking wounds

In October, a video on social media showed the manager of Social Islami Bank’s Agargaon branch breaking down in tears after enduring harsh verbal abuse from frustrated customers seeking to withdraw cash.

Opinion / Why is the banking sector crisis so deep-rooted?

The regime-sponsored immorality to protect or pamper the financial gangsters not only eroded the future of the banking sector, but also made the wound too difficult to recover from.

BB’s leniency to blame for ailing banking sector

Banking rules and regulations stipulate a single borrower exposure limit but the banking regulator itself disregarded the rule routinely in the last 16 years.

No bank closures despite financial struggles: Salehuddin

The adviser made these remarks today during a press conference at the Secretariat in Dhaka

Exim Bank suffers a massive Tk 566 crore loss in Q3

The decline in NOCFPS was primarily due to increased investments in customers and a fall in deposits

Banks mostly gave loans to their owners rather than creditworthy borrowers

Bangladesh’s banking sector was not well-managed in recent years. Banks mostly gave loans to their owners, rather than to creditworthy entities. Consequently, several banks are now in difficulty.

Several banks are clinically dead: CPD

Several banks in Bangladesh are clinically dead but are being kept alive through bailouts, said Fahmida Khatun, executive director of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD).

July 3, 2024
July 3, 2024

MPs blast govt for sorry state of banking sector

Three lawmakers in parliament yesterday blasted the government for the sorry state of the banking and financial sector.

December 24, 2023
December 24, 2023

Government must choose citizens over oligarchs

Otherwise, banking sector health will continue to deteriorate

September 22, 2023
September 22, 2023

Climate funds perpetually stuck in a scam-ridden bank

How long till Farmers Bank pays back what’s due?

August 2, 2023
August 2, 2023

Take action against big loan defaulters

Appellate Division’s observation on defaulted loans is right on the mark

June 21, 2023
June 21, 2023

Monetary policy has been set free... but not really

While the government’s latest monetary policy for the first half of fiscal year 2023-24 shows an attempt to be rational for the market, it lacks vigour to solve inflation and the dollar crisis.

December 18, 2022
December 18, 2022

Bangladesh Bank looked away as tycoons borrowed at will from 2 banks

On edge -- is what best describes the sensation surrounding the banking sector. But the Bangladesh Bank higher-ups were warned as early as October 2021 that such a situation might transpire. Yet, no definitive action was taken then.

December 4, 2022
December 4, 2022

Destroying the economy to save the thieves

An unholy nexus of powerful people are protecting those who've stolen thousands of crores.

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