banking sector of Bangladesh

Can the new leadership save the economy?

Never has this country seen such a scholarly leadership team for economic policymaking in its history

Banking sector reform: where and how?

We have been talking about banking sector reforms since long as our banking sector is plagued with insider lending, bad loans, low capitalisation and risk coverage, weak governance, sub-optimal automation, a lack of expert manpower and non-availability of better products to serve the emerging clients and cater their shifting demands.

Hasina’s 15-year rule made banking sector fragile: ABB chairman

The condition is worse than what one can imagine, says Selim RF Hussain

Tk 92,261 crore embezzled in 24 banking scams in last 15 years: CPD

Clinically dead banks should be allowed to close down, the think-tank says

Banks see cash withdrawal, bill payment pressure

Banks reopened today after three days of additional general holidays

Six private banks’ bad loans soar 55pc in nine months

Bad loans in six private banks increased by about 55 percent in the first nine months of the year, raising further alarms about the health of the banking sector.

Bad loans rise in private banks, but drop in state banks

Overall, banking sector's non-performing loans fall slightly

Bank Asia posts 22% rise in profits

Its Jan-Sep profit hits Tk 382 crore this year, up from Tk 312 crore last year

Refrain from transacting with US sanctioned Burmese banks: BB

The banks are: Myanmar Foreign Trade Bank and Myanmar Investment and Commercial Bank

August 18, 2024
August 18, 2024

Can the new leadership save the economy?

Never has this country seen such a scholarly leadership team for economic policymaking in its history

August 18, 2024
August 18, 2024

Banking sector reform: where and how?

We have been talking about banking sector reforms since long as our banking sector is plagued with insider lending, bad loans, low capitalisation and risk coverage, weak governance, sub-optimal automation, a lack of expert manpower and non-availability of better products to serve the emerging clients and cater their shifting demands.

August 14, 2024
August 14, 2024

Hasina’s 15-year rule made banking sector fragile: ABB chairman

The condition is worse than what one can imagine, says Selim RF Hussain

August 12, 2024
August 12, 2024

Tk 92,261 crore embezzled in 24 banking scams in last 15 years: CPD

Clinically dead banks should be allowed to close down, the think-tank says

July 24, 2024
July 24, 2024

Banks see cash withdrawal, bill payment pressure

Banks reopened today after three days of additional general holidays

November 23, 2023
November 23, 2023

Six private banks’ bad loans soar 55pc in nine months

Bad loans in six private banks increased by about 55 percent in the first nine months of the year, raising further alarms about the health of the banking sector.

November 21, 2023
November 21, 2023

Bad loans rise in private banks, but drop in state banks

Overall, banking sector's non-performing loans fall slightly

October 26, 2023
October 26, 2023

Bank Asia posts 22% rise in profits

Its Jan-Sep profit hits Tk 382 crore this year, up from Tk 312 crore last year

September 5, 2023
September 5, 2023

Refrain from transacting with US sanctioned Burmese banks: BB

The banks are: Myanmar Foreign Trade Bank and Myanmar Investment and Commercial Bank

September 3, 2023
September 3, 2023

Rules relaxed for hiring of former bankers as directors

One can be a bank director five years after retirement or contract