The state-owned commercial banks and specialised development banks lagged behind other banks in financing green projects in last year, Bangladesh Bank Green Banking Report for 2012 said.
The SCBs disbursed only 2.39 per cent and the SDBs only 3.02 per cent of the total loan amounting to Tk 27,092 crore distributed by banks to the
commercial bank
Banks in 4 metropolises to remain open Saturday
All the branches of the scheduled banks in Khulna, Rajshahi, Barisal and Sylhet metropolitan areas will remain open on Saturday, said a Bangladesh Bank press release.
The branches in these metropolises will remain open so that people can deposit the security money for contesting in the elections of the four city corporations
Banking sector reeling from political unrest
The country’s banking business has severely been affected due to political unrest and frequent shutdowns in the last few months, said top executives of some commercial banks.
They said that both collection of deposits and disbursement of loans had decreased alarmingly amid lower presence of clients in the bank due to the unrest.
Investors dejected by banks’ poor dividends
Listed banks are declaring ‘poor dividend’ for investors for the last year dashing the retail investors’ hope of recovering some losses incurred in the downtrend of the market.
Investors at different brokerage houses said most of the banks, which hold the large portion of the capitalisation of the Dhaka Stock Exchange, had records of declarations
BB, Probashi Kallyan Bank in disagreement
Launching of commercial banking
BB, Probashi Kallyan Bank in disagreement
Bangladesh Bank and the state-run Probashi Kallyan Bank have taken opposite stance on the latter’s proposal to allow it to go for commercial banking in limited scale.
The PKB, a bank set up for expatriates’ welfare, has made a proposal that the central bank should allow it to launch limited-scale commercial activities in