Dhaka, Jan. 1 -- Bankers sound cautiously optimistic about a turnaround in the problem-ridden banking sector on right-minded policy support following the change-making polls ahead in the new year.

Bangladesh saw so many eventful happenings in the just-past year 2025 but it was the most challenging one for banking sector because of multiple factors, including a hangover of mismanagement and misdirected lending under the previous regime.

The adversities include persisting economic slowdown, plummeting private-sector credit flow amid higher-interest regime and panic withdrawal of deposits in a spillover effect from large-scale irregularities in few noncompliant banks that led to regulatory resolution interventions.

As a matter of fact, th...