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  Prime Bank appoints Faisal as DMD and CBO

  Business Desk | Updated at 12:00am on June 18, 2019

  Faisal Rahman has been appointed as deputy managing director and chief business officer of Prime Bank recently, said a press release.He will lead corporate and...

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  Bangladesh to become ADR-friendly, says BB governor

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on June 18, 2019

  Bangladesh Bank governor Fazle Kabir on Monday expected that the country would become one of the alternative dispute resolution-friendly nations within the region. He expressed...

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  Mercantile Bank to start Islamic banking service

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:37am on June 17, 2019

  Mercantile Bank Limited is going to start Islamic banking service soon, said its chairman AKM Shaheed Reza on Sunday.While speaking at a press conference at...

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  FBCCI urges govt to tap foreign sources for deficit financing

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:20am on June 16, 2019

  The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry on Saturday urged the government to reduce dependency on the banking sector by focusing on foreign...

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  Reshadur re-elected Dhaka Bank chairman

  Business Desk | Updated at 12:15am on June 15, 2019

  Reshadur Rahman has been re-elected as the chairman of Dhaka Bank at its 353rd board meeting recently, said a press release. Reshadur is the honorary...

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  Tk 14,500cr put aside for scam-hit SOBs, equity investment

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on June 14, 2019

  The government has put aside Tk 14,482 crore in the proposed national budget for re-capitalisation of the ailing state-owned banks plagued with various scams and...

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  Listed banks keep Tk 1,946cr in provision in Jan-Mar

  HM Murtuza | Updated at 12:00am on June 13, 2019

  Listed banks witnessed a 25.13-per cent or Tk 390.83 crore rise in provision for defaulted loans in the January-March quarter of this year compared with...

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  BB asks SOBs to bring down defaulted loans

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

  Bangladesh Bank on Tuesday asked the eight state-owned banks to bring down defaulted loans.The central bank gave the instruction at a meeting held at the...

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  All steps failed to fix banking fiasco

  HM Murtuza | Updated at 12:07am on June 11, 2019

  Budgetary and other incentives provided for the banking sector in the outgoing fiscal year have failed to improve the financial health of the ailing sector,...

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  Defaulted loans soar to Tk 1.11 lakh crore

  HM Murtuza | Updated at 12:30am on June 11, 2019

  Defaulted loans in the scam-hit banking system skyrocketed to Tk 1,10,873.54 crore in the first quarter of 2019 because of a 31 per cent increase in...