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  No of accounts with at least Tk 1cr deposit rises by 3,759 in 3 months

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 10:31pm on April 19, 2017

  Number of bank depositors having more than Tk 1 crore in their accounts has increased by 3,759 to 65,797 in December 2016 from that in...

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  Bring back discipline to get budget incentives, NBR tells transport sector

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 10:31pm on April 19, 2017

  The National Board of Revenue chairman Md Nojibur Rahman on Wednesday asked road transport sector leaders for bringing back discipline in the sector for getting...

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  BSEC set to seek more easing of BB rules

  HM Murtuza | Updated at 11:53pm on April 18, 2017

  The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission is going to formally request the central bank to exclude banks’ and non-bank financial institutions’ investments in any open-end...

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  ADB board of governors to meet in Japan in May 4-7

  Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Dhaka | Updated at 11:28pm on April 17, 2017

  The 50th annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank’s board of governors will be held on May 4-7 at the Pacifico Yokohama in Yokohama, Japan...

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  20 banks warned of existential crisis over soaring defaulted loans

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:23pm on April 17, 2017

  Bangladesh Bank has warned top bosses of 20 banks that the entities might face existential crisis unless effective measures are taken to recover their defaulted...

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  Govt to turn PKB as schedule bank soon: minister

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 01:38pm on April 16, 2017

  The government has decided to turn the Probashi Kalyan Bank as a schedule bank soon to enhance the banking services to the country’s migrant workers...

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  Hackers release files indicating NSA monitored global bank transfers

  Reuters . New York | Updated at 01:59am on April 16, 2017

  Hackers released documents and files on Friday that cybersecurity experts said indicated the US National Security Agency had accessed the SWIFT interbank messaging system, allowing...

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  Citi announces CMA winners

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 01:50am on April 16, 2017

  The winners of 12th Citi Microentrepreneurship Awards — 12 entrepreneurs and two organisations under six categories — were announced at a programme in Dhaka on...

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  HSIA customs house, banks to remain open tomorrow

  Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Dhaka | Updated at 11:01pm on April 13, 2017

  Customs house and banks at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport will remain open tomorrow for quick delivery of goods as well as bringing dynamism in cargo...

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  Both old, new BINs to remain valid till June 30

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 01:28am on April 13, 2017

  Both old and new business identification numbers (BIN) will remain valid up to June 30 so that newly registered businesses can conduct their business activities...