City Bank joins United Nations principles for responsible banking
The City Bank PLC has signed the United Nations Principles for Responsible Banking and became a member of the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative...
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Bangladesh Bank to push for global action to recover stolen assets: governor
Bangladesh Bank has been at the centre of the interim government’s efforts to reform the country’s financial sector, which had suffered during the ousted Awami League regime, following the mass uprising of August 2024. Led by senior economist...
Central bank should be free from bureaucratic control: BAB chair
Bangladesh Association of Banks (BAB) chairman Abdul Hai Sarker has said that Bangladesh Bank should operate independently, free from bureaucratic control that often delays and complicates economic decisions...
Sammilito Islami Bank gets initial nod from BB
Bangladesh Bank has granted initial approval and issued a letter of intent to the government for the formation of Sammilito Islami Bank PLC, a new state-owned bank created through the merger of five troubled Shariah-based banks, on November 9...
City Bank, UNICEF partner to empower marginalised youth
City Bank and UNICEF have recently announced a new partnership to equip marginalised adolescents and young people, particularly the girls with green and entrepreneurship skills under the pilot project, Skills4Youth. The partnership was formalised at a signing ceremony held recently at Dhaka, said a press release...
Community Bank, WeGro to boost agri financing
Community Bank Bangladesh PLC has recently signed a business collaboration agreement with WeGro Technologies Limited to extend agricultural services to improve lives of farmers and agricultural micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises...
Changing face of Taka mirrors changing Bangladesh
The history of Bangladesh’s currency—the Taka—is intricately linked with the nation’s political and economic evolution, reflecting its journey from colonial rule to independence and beyond...
Banks in Bangladesh bleed more than they breathe
Banks in Bangladesh are bleeding more than they are breathing, as years of governance failures, unchecked corruption, and political interference have drained the sector of its core financial strength — transforming it from a driver of economic growth into a burden on the national economy...
MFS lightens daily burdens for countless individuals
Md Billal Hossain, a resident of Rupganj upazila in Narayanganj district, left his job at a garment factory in 2010 with the dream of going abroad...
MFS: Reshaping financial landscape in Bangladesh
In a significant stride towards financial inclusion, mobile financial services (MFS) are reshaping the banking landscape in Bangladesh, propelling the nation closer to its dream of digital banking and cashless transactions...