Dhaka April 30, 2026, 3:57 pm
IMF has also expressed concerns over suspicious transactions and money laundering
As per IMF suggestions, the central bank must follow the standard where spending for export development fund (EDF), loan to Sri Lanka and financing domestic projects from reserves must be excluded
With the help of this online payment system, transactions can be carried out more efficiently and it will provide convenience and faster service to the clients
The government is also considering if Bangladesh Bank can introduce digital currency. Introduction of Central Bank Digital Currency (CDBC) will facilitate currency in virtual transactions and encourage startups and e-commerce
In its report, the ACC mentioned that the commission does not yet have any specific information about the involvement of central bank officials in the embezzlement
The ACU is an arrangement through which participating countries settle import payments for intra-regional transactions
Around two weeks will be needed to reach a final decision in this regard
The shrinking value of the currencies of most developing economies is driving up food and fuel prices in ways that could deepen the food and energy crises that many of them already face
Under the policy, a bank can give a borrower at best three years to pay off the loans in installments
Justice M Enayetur Rahim of Appellate Division Chamber Judge Court today stayed the October 23 High Court order that had put the test on hold for one month
After allowing a floating exchange rate of the greenback, the central bank is currently providing USD support to banks just to cover government import payments
Bangladesh Bank has once again directed authorities to monitor cryptocurrency transactions after finding that people are still using bank accounts for the buying and selling of Bitcoin and other virtual currencies
Dhaka Bank Limited has arranged Tk 9,000 million for Bashundhara Oil and Gas Company Limited (BOGCL) as the lead arranger for supporting the production of bitumen, a major element for infrastructure development
Current aid portfolio $2.78b for 12 projects, in a rapid rise
Aims to better understand financial resilience amid macroeconomic shocks
Though Bangladesh’s per-capita GDP is set to continue growing, it has lost momentum as institutional challenges impact growth-promoting policies and insufficient diversification of earnings
A formal proposal has been put forward to the Washington-based lending agency to obtain the required loans from the lender’s soft loan window International Development Agency (IDA)-20
Poverty rose sharply during the pandemic, and the development lender estimates about 70 million people were pushed into extreme poverty in 2020 -- the biggest one-year spike since monitoring began in 1990
According to the notification, interest rate of loans under this scheme will be 5 percent, as opposed to 7 percent earlier
The minister said this on Tuesday after a bilateral meeting with ADB President Masatsugu Asakawa at the ADB headquarters in Manila as part of the annual meeting of the lending agency
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