Fri, 22 Nov 2024, 10:18 pm
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BB orders freezing of PM’s former assistant’s accounts
Bangladesh Bank on Sunday ordered the freezing of bank accounts belonging to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s former personal assistant Jahangir Alam, his wife Kamrun Nahar and institutions associated with theread more
Reserves fall to $20.46 billion after ACU payment
Bangladesh’s foreign exchange reserves fell below $21 billion after the payment of $1.42 billion in import bills through the Asian Clearing Union (ACU). The ACU payments for May and Juneread more
Bank Asia begins acquisition of Bank Alfalah’s Bangladesh operations
Bank Asia has commenced the process of acquiring the Bangladesh operations of Pakistan-based Bank Alfalah. This marks the third foreign bank acquisition by Bank Asia. In 2001, Bank Asiaread more
Cash outside banks rises for 7th straight month
The amount of cash held outside the country’s banks increased for the seventh consecutive month in May amid low confidence of depositors in the banking sector and high inflationary pressures.read more
Onion prices up by Tk 30 per kg in a week
The prices of local varieties of onion reached between Tk 110 and Tk 120 per kg in the kitchen markets of Dhaka on Saturday from Tk 90 to Tk 97read more
Trade deficit rises to $18.69b in 10 months
The country’s trade deficit expanded to $18.69 billion in July-April of the 2023-24 financial year compared with that of $4.74 billion in July-March of FY24, according to Bangladesh Bank data.read more
Dollar crunch compels BB to sell $12.8b to banks in FY24
The Bangladesh Bank sold $12.8 billion from its foreign exchange reserves to banks in the just concluded financial year 2023-24 amid a severe dollar crisis in the country’s financial sector.read more
LPG price readjusted upward to Tk1,366 per kg for July
The government has readjusted the price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) upward and now a 12 kilogram (Kg) LPG cylinder will be sold to the consumers at Tk 1,366 insteadread more
Govt debt repayment grows
The government debt repayment to creditors in the first 11 months of the outgoing FY24 surged to $3.06 billion while the disbursement of loan from foreign sources has almost remainedread more
Excess liquidity of Islamic banks plunges by 77pc
Excess liquidity of Shariah-based banks in Bangladesh plummeted by 77 per cent in March 2024 compared with that in December 2023, driven by a confidence crisis of depositors. According toread more
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