Bank merger

Bank merger

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Five-way merger to create nation’s largest bank by assets

Bangladesh Bank Order 1972 (Amendment 2025) approved by board; sent to advisory council

Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed. Photo: Collected

Govt trying to resolve issues at 22 NBFIs: Finance adviser

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8-member committee formed to merge five Shariah-based banks

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Govt to provide Tk20,200cr as capital to establish ‘United Islami Bank’ merging 5 troubled banks

Fahmida Khatun(L), executive director of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), Anis A Khan(C), former chairman of the Association of Bankers, Bangladesh (ABB), M Masrur Reaz(R), chairman of Policy Exchange Bangladesh. Collage: TBS

From five weak banks to one giant. Can size cure the sickness?

Showkat Aziz Russell, president of the Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA), speaks at an event in Gulshan Club on 10 August 2025. Photo: TBS

Better to close weak banks rather than merge them: BTMA president

Bangladesh Bank Governor Ahsan H Mansur attends the unveiling of the Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) for July–December of FY2025–26, today (31 July, 2025). Photo: TBS

Deposits secure in merging banks; govt to get back investment with profit: Governor

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Will mergers fix governance issues in the Islamic banks?

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Impact of bank mergers on low to moderate income communities

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Merger will be lengthy and difficult

BASIC, Rakub seek govt decision on their merger

BASIC, Rakub seek govt decision on their merger

BDBL board approves merger with Sonali Bank

BDBL board approves merger with Sonali Bank

File photo of BNP Standing Committee Member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury. Photo: Collected

Merger decision made to facilitate defaulters: Amir Khasru