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Under Basel II Capital adequacy framework as adopted by Bangladesh Bank vide Circular No 9 dated 31 December 2008 and subsequently revised on December 29, 2010, the risk weight is to be carried out on the basis of the ratings of ECAI. If loans are not rated, for Tk 100 corporate exposure/loan, the risk weighted assets would be Tk. 125 (125% of ...
The Institute of Bankers was registered on the 6 February 1973 as an association under the Societies Registration Act, 1660 (Act No. XXI of 1660). [2] Before that some eminent bankers and other professionals decided, in a meeting held on 26 July 1972, to establish the institute as a professional body of banks and financial institutions in Bangladesh.
Offshore Banking Operation (OBO) was first introduced by Bangladesh Bank in 1985 through a circular for allowing active foreign financing at Export Processing Zones (EPZs). Banks operated the services with Bangladesh Bank approval without any separate law for an offshore banking system until the enactment of the Offshore Banking Act, 2024.
The agency is controlled by 12 member-governing body which has representatives from the government, Bangladesh Bank, Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission, Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce & Industries, professional accountants association and academia.
In 2016, the Bangladesh Bank confirmed the unit has been made autonomous. [8] In September 2021, the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit sent letters to banks requesting the bank details of 11 elected journalist leaders from Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists, Dhaka Reporters Unity, Dhaka Union of Journalists, and the National Press Club.
Bangladesh Bank Building in Motijheel commercial area, Dhaka. Bangladesh Bank (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ ব্যাংক) is the central bank of Bangladesh and is a member of the Asian Clearing Union. It is fully owned by the Government of Bangladesh. The bank is active in developing green banking.
Four deputy governors of Bangladesh's central bank were forced to resign on Wednesday after about 300-400 officials protested against what they said was corruption by top officials, two sources at ...
BASIC Bank Limited is one of seven state owned banks in Bangladesh. [9] In 2016 the finance minister in a statement described the state of the bank as weak due to graft by top officials of the bank and would require some time for improvement. [10] Sonali Bank UK Ltd and other international banks had censured Basic bank over irregularities. [11]