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Agri loan disbursement drops 6.78pc in Jul-Mar

Dhaka, April 22 -- Disbursement of agricultural credits has declined by 6.78 per cent during the first nine months of the current fiscal year 2024-2025 compared to the same period of the previous fisc... Read More


Domestic credit card usage declines in Feb 2025

Dhaka, April 18 -- Both domestic credit-card usage within Bangladesh and international credit-card spending by Bangladeshi nationals declined in February 2025 compared to the previous month, according... Read More


Issuance of debit, credit cards up 142pc in 5 yrs

Dhaka, March 21 -- Issuance of plastic cards (debit, credit and prepaid) has risen by 142 per cent and the total transaction volume through cards has increased by 166 per cent over the past five-year ... Read More


Credit card usage by Bangladeshis in India down 18.5pc in Jan

Dhaka, March 18 -- Cross-border credit-card transactions in India by Bangladeshi users saw a significant decline in January 2025, falling to Tk 326 million from Tk 400 million in December last year, a... Read More


Islamic banks' CSR spending drops sharply in Q4 of 2024

Dhaka, March 4 -- Expenditure on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities by Islamic banks in Bangladesh experienced a notable decline in the October-December quarter of 2024 than the correspo... Read More