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RSRM made 1 billion taka through issuing right shares on the Dhaka Stock Exchange. [9] In February 2020, Ratanpur Steel Re-rolling Mills (RSRM) saw a decline in their profits following low demand. [10] In December 2020, The Business Standard mentioned Ratanpur Real Estate as one of a handful of companies that were illegally cutting hills in ...
The 1, 5 and 10 poysha were struck in aluminium, with the 25 and 50 poysha struck in steel and the ৳ 1 in copper-nickel. The 5 poysha were square with rounded corners, and the 10 poysha were scalloped. Steel ৳ 5 were introduced in 1994, and a steel ৳ 2 coin followed in 2004. 1 and 5 poysha coins are rarely found in circulation.
The Bangladesh Bank robbery, also known colloquially as the Bangladesh Bank cyber heist, [1] was a theft that took place in February 2016. Thirty-five fraudulent instructions were issued by security hackers via the SWIFT network to illegally transfer close to US$1 billion from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York account belonging to Bangladesh ...
It was a part of a syndicated loan of 1.26 billion taka provided to Esquire Group. [6] In 2011, Saudi-Bangladesh Industrial and Agricultural Investment Company Limited was part of the BRAC Bank led syndicate to provide 1.09 billion in financing to City Group to expand City Seed Crushing Industries Ltd. [7]
In 2015, Bangladesh Anti Corruption Commission sued Bismillah Group’s Managing Director Khaza Solaiman Anwar Chowdhury for embezzling 1.1 billion Taka from Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited and 14 others including four employees of the bank. [8] In June, AK Azad, chairman of Ha-Meem Group, was elected chairman of Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited. [9]
The bank made 1.62 billion taka in operating profit in 2021 and an increase from 1.25 billion taka it made in 2020. [14] Midland Bank distributed loans worth 45 million taka to Jamdani weavers in Narayanganj in collaboration with the USHA Foundation. [15] [16]
The taka was traditionally equal to one silver rupee in Islamic Bengal. [6] In 1338, Ibn Battuta noticed that the silver taka was the most popular currency in the region instead of the Islamic dinar. [7] In 1415, members of Admiral Zheng He's entourage also noticed the dominance of the taka.
Prashanta Kumar Halder, also known as PK Halder, is a Bangladeshi-Canadian banker, businessman and finance officer.He is a fugitive and wanted in Bangladesh for embezzlement of more than 102 billion taka, one of the biggest cases in Bangladesh. [3]