Sakhawat Prince | The Business Standard

MD Sakhawat is a staff correspondent at The Business Standard who covers the financial sector, banks and financial institutions. He can be reached at sakhawatwebs@gmail.com

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Interviews

SME expansion and governance drive record profit in crisis-hit economy: BRAC Bank MD

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Banking

How banks’ strong profits from investing in treasury bills raise sustainability concerns

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Banking

Rescheduling shows gains but pushes banking stress into future

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Corruption

10,000 jobs, no circular: How S Alam-controlled Islami Bank carried out recruitments without exams

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Banking

Cenbank plans Tk40,000cr refinance scheme to revive closed factories

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Supplement

Banks move towards a more meaningful CSR mandate

Banking

Bank chairmen, directors must sign anti-corruption pledges under new BFIU directive

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Banking

Capital shortfall in 23 banks hits Tk2.82 lakh crore as default loans drag sector into negative

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Economy

Private credit growth drops to record low, near-term recovery unlikely

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Supplement

Four decades on: How Islamic banking became mainstream

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Banking

NPLs in banks drop to 30.6% in Q4 on aggressive rescheduling

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Banking

BB plans to cut policy rate, experts urge caution

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Women Empowerment

TARA Uddokta Mela: From crisis to enterprise, women rewrite their business journeys