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  Lebanese national carrier to only accept US dollars

  Agence France-Presse . Beirut | Updated at 12:19am on February 17, 2020

  Crisis-hit Lebanon’s national carrier will only accept payments in US dollars from Monday, according to state media. Lebanon is in the throes of an economic...

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  Bangladesh Bank moves to deal with troubled banks 

  Shakhawat Hossain     | Updated at 11:36pm on February 15, 2020

  The Bangladesh Bank has taken an initiative to deal with troubled and weak banks as the number of such banks has been increasing over the...

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  Nurullah becomes City Bank DMD

  Business Desk | Updated at 10:43pm on February 15, 2020

  Nurullah Chaudhury has been appointed the deputy managing director of City Bank recently, said a press release. Prior to the appointment, he served the bank...

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  China cleans, locks away banknotes to stop virus spread

  Agence France-Presse . Beijing | Updated at 10:20pm on February 15, 2020

  China is disinfecting and isolating used banknotes as part of efforts to stop the spread of the new coronavirus that has killed more than 1,500...

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  ADB to lend $170m to reform capital market in Bangladesh

  Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Dhaka | Updated at 10:15pm on February 15, 2020

  The Asian Development Bank will provide second tranche loan of $170 million to conclude the third capital market development programme (CMDP) in Bangladesh. ‘ADB’s long-term...

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  Merchant bankers seek policy support for MNC listing

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 10:01pm on February 15, 2020

  The Bangladesh Merchant Bankers Association on Saturday recommended that the government should provide policy support, including tax benefits, to multinational and renowned local companies to...

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  Bangladesh halves post office savings interest rate

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:04am on February 14, 2020

  The government on Thursday slashed the interest rate on savings in post office by half to facilitate implementation of the single-digit interest rate in the...

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  BRAC Bank gets ISO certification for security ops management

  Business Desk | Updated at 11:50pm on February 13, 2020

  BRAC Bank has become the first ever Bangladeshi bank to have achieved the ISO certification for its standard of management of security operations, said a...

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  BKash gets Bangladesh Bank nod for instant remittance receipt from Malaysia

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:44pm on February 13, 2020

  The Bangladesh Bank has given the primary nod to leading mobile financial service operator BKash to launch a service that would facilitate instant remittance of...

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  BRAC Bank champions cyber resilience

  New Age . Online Desk | Updated at 03:52pm on February 13, 2020

  BRAC Bank has become the first ever Bangladeshi bank to have achieved an ISO certification for its standard of management of security operations...