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Agent banking expansion slows down amid regulatory intervention

2026-01-21 00:00:00

AGENT BANKING CATALYST FOR FINANCIAL INCLUSION

Agent banking has woven one of Bangladesh's quiet financial success stories. The pivot aims at extending high-street banking services to underserved, mostly women and geographically...

Agent banking a long-term strategic investment

2026-01-21 00:00:00

AGENT BANKING CATALYST FOR FINANCIAL INCLUSION

The primary objective of launching EBL agent banking was to deliver safe and modern banking services to the doorstep of unbanked rural and marginal communities...

'Islami Bank has a strong legacy in agent banking'

2026-01-21 00:00:00

AGENT BANKING CATALYST FOR FINANCIAL INCLUSION

While explaining the benefits of agent banking during an interview with the FE, Md Omar Faruk Khan, Managing Director, Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC, said the...

Stakeholders' collaborative actions needed to overcome challenges

2026-01-21 00:00:00

AGENT BANKING CATALYST FOR FINANCIAL INCLUSION

Agent banking comes as a trailblazer in driving financial inclusion in Bangladesh, showing strong business growth, but entrepreneurs feel it is increasingly getting under strain...

Agent banking breaks social barriers, brings women into financial system

2026-01-21 00:00:00

AGENT BANKING CATALYST FOR FINANCIAL INCLUSION

Villagers used to depend on usurers and thereafter on NGOs for small moneys, from time immemorial. Gonna are the days of those moneylenders--a banking derivation...

'Agent banking highly cost-efficient, but interconnected challenges are many'

2026-01-21 00:00:00

AGENT BANKING CATALYST FOR FINANCIAL INCLUSION

Nazeem A. Choudhury, Deputy Managing Director, Prime Bank PLC during an interview with The Financial Express recently gave his views on agent banking and performance...

'For Midland Bank, agent banking a cornerstone of its financial inclusion strategy'

2026-01-21 00:00:00

AGENT BANKING CATALYST FOR FINANCIAL INCLUSION

Midland Bank recognizes the transformative potential of agent banking as a cost-effective and inclusive solution for providing financial services to the underserved and under developed...

Historical roots of the Victory Day

2025-12-16 00:00:00

VICTORY DAY 2025

The habitat presently called Bangladesh had assumed different names over the ages since time immemorial. The place which was known as ‘Vanga’ or Bangla’ was...

On the morning of December 16

2025-12-16 00:00:00

VICTORY DAY 2025

On December 11, I heard that the enemy had left Dhobra and fallen back to Chapai Nawabganj. I didn’t want to wait any more and...

Victory Day & the re-awakening of public conscience

2025-12-16 00:00:00

VICTORY DAY 2025

Every year on December 16, the nation takes a moment to commemorate the realisation of its historical Liberation War a struggle fought with unprecedented courage,...

Creating a business- enabling environment

2025-11-16 00:00:00

ROUNDTABLE

The journey of Bangladesh towards sustainable industrialisation and higher investment growth depends on a stronger and more predictable business environment. At a roundtable titled "Business...

Research-market linkage must for development

2025-11-10 12:00:00

ROUNDTABLE

The Ministry of Science and Technology organised a roundtable discussion titled "Research to Market: Strengthening Bangladesh's Innovation Ecosystem through Academia-Industry Research Partnerships," with support from...

Construction credits contract

2025-09-30 00:00:00

THE BUILDERS OF BANGLADESH

Realtors reckon the fallout as lending to finance construction by banks had been on a decline over the last two quarters in signs of a...

An overview of how it fares

2025-09-30 00:00:00

THE BUILDERS OF BANGLADESH

Relentless urban expansion, the emergence of large-scale infrastructure projects and flourishing private housing construction are seen as major drivers propelling cement into a position of...

Overburdened with taxes, losing out for lack of policy support

2025-09-30 00:00:00

THE BUILDERS OF BANGLADESH

Cement manufacturers in Bangladesh fear existential crisis in recent times due mainly to an irrational tax burden and lack of policy support, says the top...

'BSRM fuels development' in Bangladesh

2025-09-30 00:00:00

THE BUILDERS OF BANGLADESH

FE: Could you please give an introduction to your company?Aameir Alihussain: BSRM started its journey in 1952 thru the hands of Late Akberali Africawala and...