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  HSBC-IBA Business Case Competition launched

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 10:35pm on February 15, 2017

  HSBC-IBA Business Case Competition 2017 was on Wednesday launched at a programme in Dhaka with an aim to provide a platform for the students to...

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  After HSBC, SBI closing branches

  AKM Zamir Uddin | Updated at 10:12pm on February 14, 2017

  State Bank of India has become the second foreign bank after HSBC that has taken a move to reduce the number of branches in Bangladesh...

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  Recovery of classified loans major challenge, says BB governor

  Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha | Updated at 06:24pm on February 14, 2017

  Bangladesh Bank governor Fazle Kabir on Tuesday said recovery of the classified loan is the major challenge in the banking sector which is likely to...

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  Banks, NBFIs sign deal with BB to disburse JICA loans for RMG units

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:09pm on February 13, 2017

  Bangladesh Bank on Monday signed participation agreements with 25 banks and 10 non-bank financial institutions to disburse a JICA fund amounting to Tk 268 crore...

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  BB allows IFIC to invest more in Nepal bank bowing down to pressure

  AKM Zamir Uddin | Updated at 10:15pm on February 12, 2017

  Bangladesh Bank has approved an application of IFIC Bank Ltd for transferring capital worth $12.29 million or around Tk 98 crore to make further investment...

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  Public banks’ NPLs create very alarming situation: BB governor

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 09:52pm on February 12, 2017

  Bangladesh Bank governor Fazle Kabir on Sunday said that excessive defaulted loans at the state-owned commercial banks had created a very alarming situation in the...

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  Fin min’s draft guidelines set board size at 9

  AKM Zamir Uddin | Updated at 10:28pm on February 11, 2017

  Finance ministry has drafted a set of guidelines on forming board of directors of the subsidiary companies of the state-run banks and non-bank financial institutions...

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  School banking deposits reach Tk 983cr

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 10:43pm on February 10, 2017

  The amount of deposits in the bank accounts owned by schoolchildren in the country increased to Tk 982.59 crore as of September 30 from that...

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  Mobile banking service a farce, says former BB governor

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:18pm on February 09, 2017

  Former Bangladesh Bank governor Mohammed Farashuddin on Thursday termed the mobile banking service a farce and criticised its providers for charging excessively high on the...

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  BB warns banks not to cut interest on deposit

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 10:17pm on February 07, 2017

  Bangladesh Bank on Tuesday asked banks to take initiatives to prevent the rates of interest on deposits from further falling...