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Demonstration by furious students of Jagannath University

Jagannath University started its journey as a school before the establishment of Dhaka University. It was offering post graduate course even before establishing Dhaka University. Jagannath University was established by transforming Jagannath College to a university. According to Jagannath University law this new university will get all the properties of old Jagannath College. Ten of […]

About two hundred and fifty thousand US dollar transferred by hackers

Some hackers have transferred about two hundred and fifty thousand US dollar from state owned Sonali Bank in the middle of last year. They hacked Sonali Bank computer network and at first they transferred the money to a bank account in the United Kingdom. Then they transferred the amount to Turkey. Central bank of Bangladesh […]

Currency Museum (Taka Jadughar) inaugurated

Central bank, Bangladesh Bank has launched it currency museum (Taka Jadughar) on the first floor of its training academy at Mirpur. Speaker of the parliament Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury formally inaugurated this museum yesterday. Bangladesh Bank had a currency museum at its head office in Motijheel. But that was in small scale. General people had some […]

Grammeen Bank will be under Bangladesh Bank supervision

The Nobel prize winning Bank, Grameen Bank will be taken under Bangladesh Bank supervision. Finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith said this after a cabinet meeting today. He said Grameen Bank Commission report will be available on 30th September, but he already knows what will be on the report. He is taking preparation in accordance […]

Electronic dash board to check abnormal transactions

Central bank of Bangladesh ‘Bangladesh Bank’ has decided to take some steps to stop possible financial scams like Hallmark scam. Bangladesh Bank is going to introduce electronic dash boards in different banks of the country. Electronic dash board is a special machine which can detect abnormal transactions. Some indicators with graphical elements are used to […]

Experts arguing for stronger central bank

Banking and financial institution experts have urged for stronger central bank in the country. This opinion came from a roundtable discussion organized by Center for Policy Dialogue. Saleh Uddin Ahmed a former governor of the central bank said, a division in finance ministry to control the banks and financial institutions should be abolished. Only central […]

Bangladesh Bank Governor warns non professional bankers

Bangladesh Bank is the central bank of Bangladesh. It has a responsibility to regulate the banks and financial institutes of the country. It is said that the Bangladesh Bank have been relatively successful in regulating the private banks. But on the contrary the recent Hallmark scam has questioned the central bank’s role in the financial […]

Dhaka to get a new museum “Taka Jadughar”

The central bank of Bangladesh, Bangladesh Bank building is housing a museum ‘currency museum’. Now the government has decided to move this museum to its training academy building at Mirpur. This will be relatively a larger museum and it will be known as “Taka Jadughar” instead of ‘currency museum’. Bangladesh has a rich history, sometimes […]

BASIS Senior Vice President met with PayPal

Fahim Mashroor, Senior Vice President of BASIS has had a assembly with comparison PayPal management organisation during a conduct entertain in San Jose, California upon Mar 1, 2012. He gave display of ultimate success cases of IT operate outsourcing of Bangladesh as great as requested PayPal to proceed operation in Bangladesh so which tiny IT […]

BB releases annual report

Bangladesh Bank expelled a annual inform for mercantile 2010-2011 upon Monday, after a check of over 4 months. The inform was expelled during about 10:00am though arranging any ceremony.The tough copies of a 260-page inform will be sent to a Prime Minister, a Finance Minister, a Finance Secretary, economists, researchers as well as journalists, pronounced […]

Private banks hoop $837.37m remittance in Jan

Of the sum remittance of $1.22 billion in January, the top ever single-month remittance inflow, thirty in isolation blurb banks have channelled $873.37. On the alternative hand, 4 state-run blurb banks channelled $317.62 million, dual state-owned specialised banks rubbed $11 million whilst 9 foreign banks channelled $13.48 million as remittance, Bangladesh Bank interpretation shows. Sonali Bank […]

New comprehension territory to quell income laundering

  The Bangladesh Bank has shaped a latest comprehension territory to quarrel income laundering as good as settle some-more fortify as good as clarity in financial sector. The unit, Bangladesh financial comprehension unit, will reinstate a BB’s anti-money laundering dialect as good as financial comprehension unit, a press redeem of the comparison physical preparation instructor bank […]

Forex haven right divided subsequent 9 billion dollar mark

The country’s unfamiliar banking pot upon Monday forsaken to an shocking low of US $8.9 billion, which is deficient for assembly 3 months’ import costs. Sources in the Bangladesh Bank (BB) pronounced the low forex pot had resulted from Monday’s composition of remuneration of the bi-monthly complement to Asian Clearing Union (ACU), value $750 million. […]

Atiur asks banks to invest more in Cox’s Bazar

Bangladesh Bank Governor Atiur Rahman yesterday urged banks and other financial institutions to invest more in Cox’s Bazar for the development of tourism industry in the district. The governor advised high officials of banks to visit Cox’s Bazar every few months and take up projects for its development. Rahman said there are many sectors in […]