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Volume 1, Issue 4

Note from the Executive Editor

The ailing banking sector has become a major drag on the Bangladesh economy.  A fundamental cause of the ailment is the rising default loans in the banking sector. Salehuddin Ahmed, a professor at BRAC university and a former governor of the Bangladesh Bank, explores...

Bangladesh economy trapped in default loans

Default loans in the banking sector of Bangladesh hit an all-time high of Tk 182,295 crore. Despite Bangladesh Bank (BB), the central bank of Bangladesh, offering various incentives and concessions to reduce the default loans, the total amount of default loans has increased almost...

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