Loans in the country's banking sector are being highly concentrated in the hands of 'single large borrowers', a research paper said.This means that the banks may be chasing some big borrowers for lending money to them.The research, conducted by Professor Dr. Prashanta Kumar Banerjee of the Bangladesh Institute of Bank...
Read moreA leading private think tank has deplored that economy's high growth performance are not reflected in key macroeconomic parameters.It also raised a question regarding an array of recent steps to curb the volume of non-performing loans (NPLs).The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) said the country is maintaining higher economic growth...
Read moreCOLOMBO, Apr 23 (AFP): Muslim brothers from a wealthy Sri Lankan family plotted and carried out two of the Easter suicide blasts in Colombo that killed more than 320 people, police sources told AFP Tuesday amid growing questions on whether the attackers received foreign help.The two sons of a Colombo...
Read moreAll indices of the country's prime bourse again plunged more than 1.0 per cent each on Tuesday. The DSEX, the main index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went down by 62.87 points or 1.18 per cent to settle at 5,260.The DSE market capitalisation shed Tk 281 billion in the...
Read moreThe government has extended the tenure of production-sharing contracts with the international oil companies (IOCs) engaged in shallow water exploration in the Bay of Bengal despite the latter's alleged failure to carry out 'committed' contractual jobs.Contractors involving all the shallow water blocks under PSCs -- SS-04, SS-09 and SS-11 --...
Read moreSecond session of 11th JS begins todayThe second session of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) will begin at 5.00 pm today (Wednesday). On April 3, President Abdul Hamid summoned the session. Duration of the second session is likely to be a short one. The budget session is likely to begin...
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