SWIFT system

$800m repayment to Russia in limbo

About $809 million has piled up in a Bangladesh Bank escrow account to repay loans and interest for the Russia-funded Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant.

Should Bangladesh be sleeping on crypto?

If Bitcoin is indeed a commodity, why does the Bangladesh Bank have overlying regulations on how it can be managed?

Hackers stole $6 mln in attack on SWIFT system

Unknown hackers stole 339.5 million roubles ($6 million) in an attack on the SWIFT international payments messaging system in Russia last year, the Russian central bank says.

October 6, 2024
October 6, 2024

$800m repayment to Russia in limbo

About $809 million has piled up in a Bangladesh Bank escrow account to repay loans and interest for the Russia-funded Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant.

April 11, 2022
April 11, 2022

Should Bangladesh be sleeping on crypto?

If Bitcoin is indeed a commodity, why does the Bangladesh Bank have overlying regulations on how it can be managed?

February 17, 2018
February 17, 2018

Hackers stole $6 mln in attack on SWIFT system

Unknown hackers stole 339.5 million roubles ($6 million) in an attack on the SWIFT international payments messaging system in Russia last year, the Russian central bank says.