New banking hours for Ramadan Bangladesh Bank has fixed the office hours for all banks from 9:30am to 4:00pm for the holy month of Ramadan. Bank officials will get a prayer break between 1:15 pm and 1:30pm, according to a BB circular. During the prayer break, transactions will be made
Read MoreGovt’s gross borrowing from banking system soars The government’s gross borrowing from the banking system jumped suddenly Sunday to finance budget deficit partly for the current fiscal year (FY), officials said. Bangladesh government borrowed Tk 13 billion on the day against previously fixed target worth Tk 2.0 billion through holding
Read MoreDhaka Bank honours ‘Pay Masters’ Dhaka Bank Limited honoured its regular payee SME customers as ‘Pay Masters’ for their outstanding performance for over a decade at a ceremony at its corporate office in the city on Thursday. Nine CMSME customers, from various branches, have been awarded for their strong business
Read MoreTofail Ahmed inaugurates the 100th branch of Dhaka Bank Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed inaugurated the 100th branch of Dhaka Bank Limited at Banani in the capital on Wednesday in presence of, among others, the bank’s chairman Reshadur Rahman, founder Chairman Abdul Hai Sarker, former Chairman A.T.M. Hayatuzzaman Khan, directors and
Read MoreBangladesh earns USD 13.5 billion remittance in 2017, says IFAD report Bangladesh has fallen behind its three other South Asian neighbours — Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka — in growth of remittance inflow in the last one decade, reports UNB. However, the country was ahead of its closest neighbour India
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