The private sector credit growth in Bangladesh fell to 6.82 per cent in February, hitting its lowest in 21 years, according to available data. The Bangladesh Bank data showed that the growth was the lowest since February 2004 when the rate was...
Banks disbursed Tk 22,125 crore in agricultural loans during July-February period of the 2024-25 financial year, achieving 58 per cent of the total disbursement target for FY25, according to Bangladesh Bank data...
Deposits in the country鈥檚 banking sector increased by about Tk 35,743 crore in the three months ending in December 2024, indicating a gradual recovery of depositors鈥� confidence...
Bangladesh鈥檚 gross foreign exchange reserves, calculated under International Monetary Fund (IMF) guidelines, have surpassed $20 billion again, driven by strong remittance inflows...
The country鈥檚 current account balance turned positive in July-December period of FY25, primarily due to a sharp surge in remittance inflows, compared to the same period in FY24...
The opening of letters of credit for imports surged to $6.92 billion in December, marking a 30-month high as businesses ramped up Ramadan-centric imports...
The shortfall in provisions in the country鈥檚 banking sector nearly doubled at the end of September due to increased distressed assets in banks, especially in the state-run ones...
The net sales of national savings certificates soared in the July-September period in the financial year 2024-25, as many depositors turned to such stable, low-risk investment instruments amid concerns over the health of country鈥檚 banking sector...
The opening of letters of credit for imports rose in September, but it dropped slightly in the July-September period in the financial year 2024-25 compared with that in the same period in the previous year...
The amount of defaulted loans in the country鈥檚 non-bank financial institutions was 33 per cent of the sector鈥檚 total loans in June 2024, as the sour loans surged by Tk聽4,760 crore in a year...
Remittance inflow to Bangladesh soared by more than 80 per cent in September compared with that in the same month of the previous year, as expatriates sent more money through formal channels following major political shift in the country...
Net sales of national savings certificates or NSCs bounced back in July as depositors shifted their funds from struggling banks to safer, low-risk instruments like NSCs...
The opening of letters of credit (LCs) for imports dropped significantly in the first two months of the 2024-25 financial year, primarily due to nationwide unrest...
Cash held outside the country鈥檚 banking system surged in July, driven by depositors鈥� decreased confidence and inflationary pressures...
The use of credit cards by Bangladeshi nationals both locally and internationally saw a decline in May 2024 compared with that in the previous month...
Banks disbursed Tk 30,104 crore in agricultural loans in July-April of the 2023-24 financial year, which accounts for 86 per cent of the total disbursement target for FY24, according to Bangladesh Bank data...
The country鈥檚 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...
Deposits in the country鈥檚 non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) dropped by Tk聽525 crore in the January-March period as many customers closed their accounts due to lack of trust and confidence in the sector...
The amount of cash held outside the country鈥檚 banks increased for the fifth consecutive month in April amid low confidence of depositors in the banking sector and inflationary pressures....
Foreign investment in the Bangladesh鈥檚 capital market has nearly halved in the past two years, with investment in equity securities decreasing by 43.7 per cent from 2021 to 2023, according to Bangladesh Bank data...
The net sales of national savings certificates plummeted in the July-March period...