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  RBI steps up liquidity management to make rate cuts count

  Reuters . Mumbai | Updated at 12:00am on April 25, 2019

  The Reserve Bank of India’s surprise announcement of new open market purchases of government bonds is a sign the central bank is stepping up efforts...

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  United Finance holds 30th AGM

  Business Desk | Updated at 12:00am on April 25, 2019

  The 30th annual general meeting of United Finance Limited was held at Dhaka Ladies Club in Dhaka on Wednesday, said a press release....

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  Desire for issuing loans to same client by banks rises: study

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on April 24, 2019

  Craving for issuing loans to same client by multiple banks rose by 4.39 percentage points in 2018 compared with that in the previous year, resulting...

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  BB gives banks big breaks over defaulted loans

  HM Murtuza | Updated at 12:00am on April 23, 2019

  Bangladesh Bank has relaxed rules regarding defaulted loan classification by extending the time for treating overdue loans as doubtful and bad, giving further breaks to...

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  StanChart launches Swadeshi Banking for NRBs

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on April 21, 2019

  Standard Chartered Bank has launched Swadeshi Banking, a one-stop suit of banking solutions for the non-resident Bangladeshis, providing a number of facilities including fund transfers,...

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  Farm loan release rises in March

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on April 20, 2019

  Disbursement of farm loans by the scheduled banks increased by 6.85 per cent or Tk 137.91 crore in March this fiscal year (2018-19) compared with...

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  Japan inflation edges higher but BoJ still in a bind

  Reuters . Tokyo | Updated at 12:00am on April 20, 2019

  Japan’s core inflation picked up slightly in March from a year earlier, but remained distant from the Bank of Japan’s ambitious 2 per cent target...

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  Kabir re-elected BIA president

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on April 20, 2019

  Sheikh Kabir Hossain, chairman of Sonar Bangla Insurance Company, was on Wednesday re-elected president of the Bangladesh Insurance Association for two years for the fifth...

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  None to be allowed to take money abroad to open subsidiary co: BB

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on April 19, 2019

  The Bangladesh Bank on Thursday clarified that no local entity will be allowed to take foreign currency aboard to set up subsidiary company.The central bank...

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  Former secy Kaniz becomes Karmasangsthan Bank chair

  Business Desk | Updated at 12:00am on April 19, 2019

  Former secretary Kaniz Fatema joined Karmasangsthan Bank as chairman on April 15, said a press release.She started her professional career in 1983 by joining government...