Mercantile Bank launches Trade Finance Analytics Software
Mercantile Bank PLC recently launched its new Trade Finance Analytics (TFA) software, a foreign trade-based reporting and monitoring solution, at the bank’s head office in...
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BB, Islami Bank hold training for SME entrepreneurs
Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC’s Noakhali Zone launched a month-long Entrepreneurship Development Programme on Monday for promising SME entrepreneurs. The programme is being organised under the...
BB unveils 5,000cr refinancing fund with at max 9pc interest for CMSMEs
Bangladesh Bank has formed a new refinancing fund of Tk5,000 crore for entrepreneurs in the cottage, micro, small and medium enterprises (CMSME) sector of the...
Traders demand to keep shops open until 10pm
The Bangladesh Shop Owners Association has written to the Prime Minister demanding that shops, markets and shopping malls in the country be kept open from...
Quazi Shairul new Sammilito Islami Bank chairman, Abedur MD
The government has appointed Quazi Shairul Hassan as chairman of the board of directors of the merging Sammilito Islami Bank PLC, and Abedur Rahman Sikder...
AKM Tareq made MTB’s DMD
A.K.M. Tareq has joined Mutual Trust Bank PLC (MTB) as Deputy Managing Director & Head of Branch Banking Division. Tareq brings over 29 years of...
Major scopes in halal economy beyond traditional trade
Indonesian Ambassador to Bangladesh Listyowati yesterday said there is significant potential for expanding bilateral trade between Bangladesh and Indonesia beyond traditional sectors, particularly in halal...
As OPEC+ meets, Iran war hobbles power to shape oil market
OPEC+ ministers meet Sunday to weigh higher production quotas in a bid to cap oil prices that have surged since the Iran war effectively choked...
Banking sector to be brought under reform commission Info Minister
The government will bring the banking sector under a reform commission to address longstanding governance weaknesses and restore stability in the financial system, Information Minister...