BB defers readjustment of ADR by six months
The central bank extended time for six months to December for banks to execute its revised advance- deposit ratio (ADR), apparently as the measure yielded chain effects like credit squeeze, capital-market jitters and liquidity crunch.To this effect, Bangladesh Bank issued a circular Tuesday, as a sort of unease continued to...
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Govt identifies six reasons behind question leaks
The government has identified six reasons behind leaks of question papers of public examinations in a high-level meeting, reports bdnews24.com.Home Minister Asaduzaaman Khan Kamal and Telecoms and IT Minister Mustafa Jabbar attended the meeting called by Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid at the Secretariat in Dhaka on Tuesday.Six secretaries joined...
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‘Amar Ekushey’ today
The nation is set to pay rich tributes today to the martyrs of the 1952 historic Language Movement marking 'Amar Ekushey', the Language Martyrs Day and International Mother Language Day, reports UNB.The great Language Movement, a significant event in the nation's history, was aimed at establishing the right of the...
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Myanmar agrees to take back 6,500 trapped Rohingyas
COX'S BAZAR, Feb 20: Myanmar authorities have assured Bangladesh that it would take back 6,500 Rohingyas trapped in the no-man's-land between Bangladesh and Myanmar. The assurance was made at a high-level meeting between Bangladesh and Myanmar on Tuesday, sources said.They said officials from Bangladesh and Myanmar held a three-hour meeting...
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1.0pc provision for unclassified housing loans
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has asked the chief executives of all scheduled banks to maintain 1.0 per cent general provision against all unclassified housing-finance loans under consumer financing. "With a view to promoting growth in the real-estate sector through banks' participation in housing finance, it has been decided that banks have...
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Prayer Timings-(21-02-2018)
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Supplements
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Holiday Notice (21-02-2018)
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