Proposed People’s Bank got three more months to fulfil conditions Bangladesh Bank is set to form a Tk 500 crore refinancing scheme to provide low-cost loans to budding entrepreneurs.
Read More »Inflation rises to 5.32pc in February
The point-to-point inflation increased by 0.30 percentage points to 5.32 per cent in February from that of 5.02 per cent in January on price hike of both food and non-food items, according to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
Read More »Should BB lift dividend curbs for sound lenders? IDLC Finance makes a compelling case
Despite a record-setting year of profit, the NBFI is unable to reward shareholders as it deems fit
Read More »28 teams formed to monitor prices of essentials
The government has assigned 28 teams to monitor and oversee the price trends of key essential items in the city markets, officials said.
Read More »Janata casts a pall on banking sector’s profit
Net profit in the banking industry plunged 44 per cent year-on-year to Tk 5,279 crore last year because of the massive loss incurred by state-run Janata Bank.
Read More »Loan rescheduling drops in 2020 – as expected
The volume of rescheduled loans contracted last year owing to the central bank’s moratorium facility on loan instalments
Read More »MK Alamgir-Nafeez Sarafat raise allegations of graft against each other
The two sent letters to government agencies against one another
Read More »Number, proportion of female staff in banks drop in 2020
The number and proportion of female staff in the country’s banking sector dropped in 2020 compared with those in the previous year as employers are still giving preference to men.
Read More »17pc of food production wasted globally: UN report
Instead of finishing your leftovers, you let them go bad and buy takeout.
Read More »Record profit for Dutch-Bangla Bank in 2020
The host of facilities extended by the Bangladesh Bank to soften the blow of the global coronavirus pandemic is to thank for the 26.7 per cent higher profit
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