Dhaka March 15, 2025, 5:32 am
The directive was issued to be prepared for cyber attacks against possible financial and transaction-related fraud attempts
Banks will remain closed on 1-3 July for bank holiday and weekly holidays
The agreement was signed by Economic Relations Division (ERD) Secretary Fatima Yasmin and World Bank Country Director Mercy Tembon on behalf of the Government and the World Bank, respectively
The World Bank on Friday approved a $191 million credit to Bangladesh to help it strengthen the higher education sector and respond better to the Covid-19 pandemic
Bangladesh Bank will serve as the payment gateway between sellers and buyers of e-commerce platforms in the country
This is ADB's single largest support for vaccine procurement till now, and ADB is committed to help the government of Bangladesh in procuring quality and affordable vaccines early
He has more than 23 years of banking experience
Bangladesh has been one of the biggest development success stories in recent decades, it’s now time to switch gears to meet ambitions to transform into an upper-middle-income country in the next decade
This project is a continuation of ADB’s ongoing support to Bangladesh’s COVID-19 pandemic response in order to protect its population from the virus, rebuild the livelihoods of vulnerable groups, and work to return its econom
Country’s common people are suffering a lot due to the ongoing worldwide Covid-19 pandemic. If import activities are disrupted and prices of the essentials go up, they will be the worst sufferers
The new measures announced for 2021 included immediate assistance through emergency food relief distribution for Covid-19 affected marginalised communities, health support, livelihood regeneration and long-term growth catalys
LIBOR is a benchmark interest rate at which major global banks lend to one another in the international inter-bank market for short-term loans
authorised dealer (AD) banks have been asked to retain at least 5.0 percent of the commitment-amount instead of collateral as per 'bank-customer' relationship in cash margin from local borrowers of the foreign currency loans
Tax should be linked to income. Having a bank balance should not necessarily mean income
Hackers stole $81 million from the account of Bangladesh Bank at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York using fraudulent orders on the SWIFT payments system
The number of direct beneficiaries of the packages is around 12.4 million (1.24 crore) people
Bangladesh has made remarkable progress in reducing poverty over the past two decades, said an ADB press release on Friday
Police have arrested two officials of Dhaka Bank Limited allegedly for embezzling Tk 3.77crore from the vault of the bank’s Bangshal branch in the capital
Under the new policy, all the scheduled banks have been asked to set up a special 'post import financing (PIF) Monitoring Unit' to oversee loan disbursement and recovery under PIF
Bidders particularly banks expressed their interest in the Sukuk bonds to invest their excess liquidity and received a better yield than in conventional treasury bills and bonds