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  Bangladesh Bank stresses manpower export

  Shakhawat Hossain       | Updated at 12:26am on September 26, 2020

  Identifying overseas employment as a key to recovery of the country’s falling economy, the Bangladesh Bank in a report has said that manpower export is...

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  Bangladesh Bank sets credit card interest rate ceiling at 20pc

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:13pm on September 24, 2020

  The Bangladesh Bank on Thursday set the highest limit on interest rate on the credit card usage at 20 per cent as many banks were...

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  Bangladesh Bank sets interest limit on credit card at 20pc

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 07:12pm on September 24, 2020

  The Bangladesh Bank on Thursday set the highest limit on the interest rate on the credit card usage at 20 per cent as many banks...

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  Defaulted loans rise by 417pc since 2009: study

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 01:53pm on September 22, 2020

  The sum of the defaulted loans in the country’s banking sector increased by 417 per cent against a 312 per cent increase in the amount...

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  BB allows onion import under 90-day credit to increase supply

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 09:59pm on September 21, 2020

  The Bangladesh Bank on Monday allowed import of onion on the 90-day deferred payment basis under supplier’s or buyer’s credit with a view to facilitate...

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  Banks asked to keep minimal margin against onion import

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 04:03pm on September 17, 2020

  The Bangladesh Bank on Thursday asked all the scheduled banks to keep charges against the letter of credits for the import of onion at a...

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  Hard-core poor’s bank deposits drop

  HM Murtuza | Updated at 10:36pm on September 13, 2020

  Deposits in the hard-core poor’s bank accounts dropped by 23.49 per cent in the April-June period this year, when the coronavirus outbreak-induced economic shock was...

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  BB, MTB sign deal on 200m-euro for green fund

  | Updated at 10:49pm on September 12, 2020

  Mutual Trust Bank has recently signed a participating agreement with the Bangladesh Bank for a Green Transformation Fund of 200 million euros, said a press...

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  Green financing target miss to affect CAMELS ratings: BB

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 10:29pm on September 09, 2020

  Failure of the country’s banks and non-bank financial institutions to achieve green financing targets would affect their capital adequacy, asset quality, management, earnings, liquidity and...

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  Banks’ CSR spending doubles in Jan-June

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 10:24pm on September 09, 2020

  Corporate social responsibility spending by the country’s banks doubled in the January-June period of 2020 compared with that in the same period of 2019 but...