Bangladesh Bank is preparing to introduce a far more stringent supervisory regime for large-scale lending, aiming to address long-standing structural weaknesses, governance lapses and the persistent risk of non-performing loans in the banking sector. The initiative reflects growing concern that irregularities associated with high-value loans have posed disproportionate risks to overall financial stability, largely due […]

Officials of Bangladesh Bank have publicly demanded the resignation of Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed after the government moved to scrap a proposal designed to strengthen the central bank’s autonomy. The demand was voiced at a protest rally held on Monday afternoon outside the central bank’s Building 30, organised under the banner of the Bangladesh Bank […]