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  Half of Sonali loans defaulted as business groups not repaying: MD

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:03pm on June 07, 2017

  Sonali Bank managing director Md Obayed Ullah Al Masud on Wednesday said around 50 per cent of the total disbursed loans of the bank had...

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  Lawmakers demand for scrapping increasing excise duty on bank accounts

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 01:48pm on June 07, 2017

  Lawmakers at the parliament on Wednesday demanded for scrapping increasing excise duty on bank accounts in the proposed national budget for...

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  Philippines bank BPI hit by glitch which debited accounts

  BBC | Updated at 12:08pm on June 07, 2017

  The Bank of the Philippines Islands says a major system glitch led to customers being hit by unauthorised money withdrawals and...

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  Banks asked to display audio-visual presentation on genuine notes’ features

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 10:45pm on June 06, 2017

  Bangladesh Bank has asked scheduled banks to display audio-visual presentation on the security features of genuine currency notes at different crowded places in the Dhaka...

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  Muhith rigid over excise duty on bank accounts

  United News of Bangladesh . Dhaka | Updated at 10:18pm on June 06, 2017

  Reaffirming his stance over keeping unchanged the proposed excise duty on bank accounts, finance minister AMA Muhith on Tuesday said there is nothing new in...

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  Export earnings growth sinks further to 3.67pc in 11 months

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 10:00pm on June 06, 2017

  The country’s export earnings growth slumped further to 3.67 per cent in the first 11 months of the current financial year 2016-17 with the earnings...

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  WB retains FY17 GDP growth projection at 6.8pc, much lower than govt’s estimate

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 10:28pm on June 05, 2017

  The World Bank has retained the gross domestic product growth projection for Bangladesh at 6.8 per cent for the outgoing fiscal year (2016-17), much lower...

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  Banks asked to give officials more training

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 10:26pm on June 05, 2017

  Bangladesh Bank deputy governor SK Sur Chowdhury on Monday asked banks to organise training and workshop programmes for their staff as the vast majority of...

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  Remittance rises after 10 months

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:17pm on June 04, 2017

  The monthly inward remittance increased slightly year-on-year in May for the first time in 11 months as non-expatriate Bangladeshis sent more greenbacks in the month...

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  Tk 2,000cr allocated again for scam-hit state-run banks

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 10:57pm on June 01, 2017

  Finance minister AMA Muhith on Thursday proposed an allocation of Tk 2,000 crore to meet the scam-hit state-run banks’ capital deficit in continuation of a...