AB Bank shares suddenly in demand despite losses in Q3 AB Bank’s shares were suddenly in demand yesterday although the private commercial lender incurred losses in the third quarter. The bank was the most traded shares on the Dhaka Stock Exchange yesterday with securities valued nearly Tk 86 crore changing

Finance ministry reviews legality of disclosing names of loan defaulters in media The Financial Institutions Division of the Ministry of Finance is currently reviewing the legal aspects of disclosing the names of top loan defaulters in the country. The names would be published as advertisements in daily newspapers, as a

Regulator asks bullish bourses to stay cautious The regulator has asked the bourses to keep an eye on the current upward trend in the stock market against the backdrop of a bullish momentum that continued yesterday as well. DSEX, the benchmark index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, rose 38.5 points or

Banks asked to keep adequate cash at ATMs during Eid vacation Bangladesh Bank on Sunday asked commercial banks to keep adequate cash in their automated teller machines so that their clients can withdraw money round the clock during Eid-ul-Azha holidays. The three-day Eid holidays will begin on September 1. If

Interest rate on deposits now below inflation Interest rate on deposits slid below the 5-percent mark and well under the inflation rate, compounding the woes of savers who have already been hit by a large hike in excise duty on their balances. In April, weighted average deposit rate stood at