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  Forex reserve hits record $37.1b

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 10:44pm on July 28, 2020

  The country’s foreign exchange reserve exceeded the $37-billion mark for the first time on Monday as the inflow of remittance reached record $2.24 billion in...

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  Jamaluddin removed as Janata Bank chairman

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 08:50pm on July 28, 2020

  The government on Tuesday appointed SM Mahfuzur Rahman as the new chairman of the Janata Bank Limited for three years. He will replace Jamaluddin Ahmed,...

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  FB posts over Tk 4,000 Eid bonus to Bkash accounts baseless: BB

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:35pm on July 27, 2020

  The Bangladesh Bank on Monday termed fake and baseless different Facebook posts that said the central bank would disburse Tk 4,000 to each Bkash account on...

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  Transactions of call money rise ahead of Eid

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:21pm on July 27, 2020

  Demand for call money has increased slightly ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festivals of the Muslims, as banks and non-bank financial institutions are...

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  Small enterprises to get up to Tk 50 lakh in loans without collateral

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:15pm on July 27, 2020

  Bangladesh Bank on Monday launched a credit guarantee scheme for the cottage, micro and small enterprises allowing banks to issue up to Tk 50 lakh...

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  Monthly remittance hits record $1.96b in 3 weeks of July

  HM Murtuza | Updated at 11:11pm on July 27, 2020

  The monthly inflow of remittance has hit an all-time high in July ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, one of the largest religious festivals of the Muslims, as...

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  SBAC Bank holds skills development training workshop

  | Updated at 10:39pm on July 26, 2020

  The South Bangla Agriculture and Commerce Bank Training Institute organised a seven-day training workshop on ‘Skills Development Programme on Shariah Banking’ by on Saturday, said...

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  Bank Asia’s half yearly business meet for 2020 held

  | Updated at 10:38pm on July 26, 2020

  Bank Asia’s half yearly business meet for 2020 was held on a digital platform in July 24-25, said a press release. The bank’s chairman, A...

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  BB to unveil FY21 monetary policy July 29 aiming to raise pvt sector credit

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 10:28pm on July 26, 2020

  The Bangladesh Bank has scheduled to unveil the monetary policy statement for the fiscal year 2020-2021 on July 29 with the aim to support economic...

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  3pc of stimulus for CMSMEs disbursed in 3 months

  HM Murtuza | Updated at 10:14pm on July 26, 2020

  The country’s banks have sanctioned loans worth Tk 2,065 crore for the cottage, micro, small and medium entrepreneurs in more than three month of the launch...