Financial performance of state-owned commercial banks in 2018: A brief review
The financial sector of Bangladesh and the banking sector, in particular, did not perform well during 2018. Dividends declared in 2018 by many publicly listed banks were significantly lower than those declared in 2017. Some publicly listed banks even did not declare any dividend. A similar picture is seen in...
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Funding the unfunded for inclusive growth
According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Bangladesh is the second fastest growing economy in the world with a 7.3 per cent gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate. Bangladesh has also been ranked 41st among the world's largest economies in 2019, by a London-based think-tank. Undoubtedly, infrastructural development has played...
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