Dhaka, April 25 -- Cash-strapped banks seem to be slowly bouncing back from liquidity crunch on cash feeding by the central bank that has handed out a record amount to the bankers. The improvement is... Read More
Dhaka, April 21 -- Commercial banks' spotlight on burgeoning rural Bangladesh keeps fading with disbursement of formal credits and the number of branches in the least-developed areas constantly shrink... Read More
Dhaka, April 19 -- Disillusioned saving depositors begin diverting their funds into higher-paying term deposits to make up for waning interest income amid higher inflation, sources say. The switch co... Read More
Dhaka, April 8 -- Ongoing mergers and acquisitions in Bangladesh's banking sector gets in high gear now that City Bank decides on coupling with the weakened state-run BASIC, officials said. The list ... Read More
Dhaka, April 5 -- Money outside banks balloons to Tk 2.58 trillion despite a sharp rise in deposit rates as the bets cannot stem mattress-money accumulation, compelling liquidity-hungry bankers to bor... Read More
Dhaka, April 2 -- Money market gathers heat as the demand for cash in the liquidity-scant banking sector surges ahead of Eid festival, officials and bankers said. To meet the growing demand for credi... Read More
Dhaka, March 24 -- Dollar feeding by the central bank to stabilise the market of foreign currencies continues even as forex holding of the commercial banks marks a significant increase in recent times... Read More
Dhaka, March 21 -- Bangladesh's total external debt surpassed the $100 billion mark in December 2023 -- a rise of over 4.0 per cent, as this increase is primarily driven by a growing appetite for fore... Read More
Dhaka, March 11 -- Bangladesh's private-sector foreign borrowings seem squeezing, with short-term debt stock having dropped to US$11.25 billion until last January, prompting economists to predict furt... Read More
Dhaka, March 8 -- Government securities market size has ballooned with its borrowing rising by Tk 375 billion in the first eight months of this fiscal. The development indicates the government's spen... Read More