Bangladesh
Financial inclusiveness and financial stability are key to success
Bangladesh has achieved growth in excess of 6% for the past decade, aided by its focus on financial inclusion. The next step is to modernise finance, writes Atiur Rahman
Atiur Rahman demands authorities tackle maturity mismatch in financial sector
Bangladesh Bank governor encourages long-term saving through life insurers and pension funds, in an attempt to generate more housing and infrastructure financing; also supports market development
Bangladesh Bank governor hails SME finance initiative
Central bank funding for SME lending has seen loans to small businesses grow in absolute terms, and as a share of bank lending, since 2010
Bangladesh Bank: inflation target ‘may prove challenging’
High food inflation and a pick-up in consumer demand could make it difficult for the Bangladesh Bank to restrain inflation to 7% for the 2014 fiscal year
Inclusion begets stability, Bangladesh Bank governor says
Atiur Rahman argues loans to diverse small-sized firms make for lower aggregate credit risk than big loans to ‘a few large borrowers'
Bangladesh governor targets stronger debt market
Atiur Rahman concerned by public and private sector reliance on bank funding, but says government should wait until after elections to issue first sovereign bond denominated in US dollars
Bangladesh Bank pioneers annual report on green banking
Report measures contribution of central bank and commercial banks to green finance; Bangladesh Bank refinances lending for ‘environmentally beneficial’ projects
Bundesbank slams ‘excessive' Bangladesh death penalty threat
German central bank shelves co-operation plan pending Bangladesh ‘clearly and irrevocably' dropping plans to execute counterfeiters
Bangladesh governor moves to stamp out imbalances
Atiur Rahman says the Bangladesh central bank will act firmly to prevent build-up of banking imbalances; tells bank CEOs to co-operate with new regulations
Bangladeshi governor calls on banks to prevent fraudulent lending
Atiur Rahman criticises lapses in corporate governance that have permitted fraudulent lending; says banks must take responsibility for the issue
Bangladesh Bank seminar argues inflation differential is a monetary phenomenon
Researchers present evidence of reasons behind inflation differential between Bangladesh and India; say gap was greater when money supply in Bangladesh was growing faster
Governor of Bangladesh Bank discusses increasing workforce
Atiur Rahman says Bangladesh must 'make the most' of low dependency ratio in population over next 10 years; urges pursuit of job-creating growth strategies
Bangladesh Bank chief highlights efforts to encourage entrepreneurs
Atiur Rahman discusses role of central bank in promoting financial inclusion of micro and small and medium enterprises; says poverty has seen 'sharp' decline
Bangladesh governor stresses importance of SMEs
Atiur Rahman sets out steps to encourage growth of exports by small and medium enterprises; says central bank is active in promoting financial inclusion and supporting business infrastructure
Bangladesh Bank governor praises strong export market
Governor of Bangladesh Bank highlights strong export market in Bangladesh; praises market’s resilience during financial crisis
Bangladesh bank governor discusses macro-prudential reforms
Atiur Rahman gives overview of progress in Bangladesh and says reforms are progressing well in South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation region
Bangladesh governor lauds role of microfinance in economy
Expanding microfinance sector contributes to domestic demand and poverty reduction, says Bangladesh Bank governor
Bangladesh Bank governor vows to speed up reforms
Governor pledges to introduce new supervisory safeguards to strengthen banking system
Governor of Bangladesh Bank discusses working population ratio
Atiur Rahman says Bangladesh must prepare for when the large working population becomes elderly
RBI's Subbarao highlights new ‘trilemma' facing central banks
Reserve Bank of India governor Duvvuri Subbarao says policy contribution of central banks to sustainable sovereign debt policies must be clarified to maintain independence
Bangladesh Bank calls on government to borrow less
Bangladesh central bank wants to bring inflation to single digits and halt foreign currency reserve “depletion”; hopes government borrowing will not “crowd out” available liquidity in banking system
Bangladesh makes ‘historic’ female deputy governor selection
First female deputy governor appointed at Bangladesh Bank; Nazneen Sultana becomes one of three new deputy governors at the central bank
Grameen Bank dodges Yunus departure by appointing Nobel Laureate as chairman
Bangladesh’s Supreme Court rejects appeal to dismissal of Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus from Grameen Bank; microlender appoints Yunus to chair its board instead
Nobel Laureate Yunus dismissed from microlender by central bank
Bangladesh’s central bank removes Nobel Peace prize winner and founder of Grameen Bank Muhammad Yunus from helm of microlender