Sonali Bank

Burden of 40 years finally lifted

Harendranath Chandra, a 79-year-old man, has finally received justice after a gruelling four-decade legal battle. Falsely accused of embezzling funds from Sonali Bank, Harendranath endured years of hardship, including imprisonment and financial ruin.

Sonali Bank asked to show Orion’s loan as defaulted

The Bangladesh Bank instructed state-run Sonali Bank to classify the Tk 106 crore loans taken by Orion Infrastructure Ltd as defaulted since the client repeatedly failed to repay on time.

Govt bars Matiur from Sonali Bank’s board meeting

The disclosure comes a couple of hours after the finance ministry transferred Matiur to the Internal Resources Division from the NBR

Govt banks, NBFIs highlight 25 innovative initiatives

Government-owned banks and non-bank financial institutions yesterday highlighted 25 innovative initiatives that offer various financial services to customers.

Sonali, BDBL sign MoU to proceed with merger plan

Sonali Bank and Bangladesh Development Bank PLC (BDBL) have finally decided to start proceedings to merge their operations today

53 KNF members detained during operations in Bandarban

Members of the Bangladesh army and police in Bandarban have detained 53 KNF members in two separate operations

Four more arrested over Thanchi bank robberies

Four more people, including a woman, were arrested yesterday in connection with the robberies at Sonali Bank and Krishi Bank of Bandarban's Thanchi upazila

Bank heists rock hills

It was around 12:30pm. Bandarban’s Thanchi Bazar was abuzz with people as it was the weekly haat yesterday.

Daylight robbery in Bandarban / Armed criminals storm three banks in less than 16 hours

Armed robbers entered the premises of branches of Sonali Bank and Krishi Bank in Bandarban’s Thanchi upazila today and looted more than Tk 20 lakh around noon today, less than 16 hours after another bank robbery in the district’s Ruma upazila. 

February 18, 2018
February 18, 2018

State Banks: Plundering made easy

Seven months after the government announced a Tk 2,000 crore “recapitalisation” of state-owned banks, the financial institutions have started asking for fresh money from the government. This time their demand is much higher -- a little over Tk 20,000 crore -- than what they were given in the budget for this year.

February 14, 2018
February 14, 2018

Sonali Bank: SC clears way for recruiting 2,201 officers

The Supreme Court has cleared the way for Sonali Bank to resume the process of recruiting manpower to 2,201 posts of senior officer, officer and cash officer.

February 13, 2018
February 13, 2018

Resume Sonali Bank recruitment for 2,201 posts: SC

Supreme Court clears the way for the authorities concerned to resume recruitment process for 2,201 posts of senior officer, officer and cash officer of Sonali Bank.

February 4, 2018
February 4, 2018

Muhith blames it on govt interference

The amount of classified loans at the Sonali Bank is very high, and one of the key reasons behind this is government interference, Finance Minister AMA Muhith said yesterday.

September 20, 2016
September 20, 2016

SC issues directives for easing fine payment process of the convicts

The Supreme Court issues directives for easing the process of paying fines of the convicts to be released from jail.

May 26, 2016
May 26, 2016

Probe into 2013 hack for links to central bank heist

Bangladesh police are reviewing a nearly forgotten 2013 cyber heist at the nation’s largest commercial bank for connections to February's $81 million heist at the country's central bank, a senior law enforcement official says.

April 9, 2016
April 9, 2016

People’s money being looted: Ershad

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad says the money of the general people of the country is being looted indiscriminately.

March 19, 2016
March 19, 2016

Ex-bank official found dead in Gazipur

A retired Sonali Bank official is found dead at a hospital in Gazipur after family brought him there citing stroke early Saturday.

February 20, 2016
February 20, 2016

4 cases filed over ‘Sonali Bank robbery attempt’

Four cases are filed over yesterday’s incident when Rapid Action Battalion “foiled a Sonali bank branch robbery attempt” at Dhamrai in Dhaka that left an alleged robber dead.

February 19, 2016
February 19, 2016

1 killed in ‘gunfight’ as Rab foils Sonali bank heist

A suspected robber is killed in a “gunfight” with Rapid Action Battalion as he along with his cohorts attempted to rob Sonali Bank’s branch in Dhamrai upazila of Dhaka. Rab claims to have detained five persons in connection with the bank heist.