EBL bets on agent banking for sustainable growth
For Eastern Bank, agent banking was not launched as a tactical outreach experiment. According to Managing...
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18 Jan 2026
Access first, balance next
When banks talk about agent banking, the conversation often starts with scale. At Midland Bank PLC,...
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18 Jan 2026
Agent banking is about inclusion, not just cost
Sonali Bank’s agent banking programme shows how a state-owned lender is expanding access while keeping risks...
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18 Jan 2026
Islami Bank’s blueprint for rural finance
With one of the largest agent banking networks in the country, Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC has...
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18 Jan 2026
A grounded approach to agent banking
In many parts of Bangladesh, the first meaningful contact people have with a bank is no...
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18 Jan 2026
Expanding, Inclusion, Power
Agent banking in Bangladesh has reached a turning point. What began as a means of bringing...
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18 Jan 2026
Tk2,598cr Khulna water project: Tender forgery exposed
Official tender documents submitted for an Asian Development Bank (ADB)-funded water supply project in Khulna were...
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15 Jan 2026
Wilful defaulter rewarded
Bangladesh Bank’s decision to extend special policy support to the wilful defaulter-listed Krishibid Group—despite explicit prohibitions...
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12 Jan 2026
Unclassified for 15 years: Islami Bank’s Tk1,280cr shipwreck
Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC (IBBL) approved, expanded and repeatedly extended a large shipbuilding investment for Ananda...
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08 Jan 2026
How BB actions deepened banking banking crisis
Years of group-based looting and politically driven lending under the Awami League regime pushed the banking...
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06 Jan 2026