Bangladesh Bank has set up a Tk 10,000 crore refinancing scheme to lend to farmers and rural income-generating activities at 8 per cent interest, with collateral-free loans of up to Tk 5 lakh for small, marginal and tenant farmers.
Under Bangladesh Bank's new policy, banks must lend at least 4 percent of their total loans to agriculture, up from 2.5 percent, with a Tk 60,000 crore target for 2026-27.
Bangladesh Bank has raised its agricultural and rural credit target for 2026-27 to Tk 60,000 crore and told banks to make sure the money reaches genuine and marginal farmers.
AgribusinessBanks and finance companies lent less to green projects and sustainable agriculture in January-March 2026 than in the previous quarter, while total sustainable finance rose, Bangladesh Bank data showed.
AgribusinessBangladesh's fruit-processing industry was struggling with an export incentive cut from 20 to 10 per cent, costly loans and dearer raw materials, Hashem Foods managing director Md Abul Hashem told a roundtable on 27 June 2026.
FruitsBangladesh Bank told banks to keep branches and sub-branches next to mango markets in Chapainawabganj, Naogaon, Rajshahi and Natore open on a limited scale on Saturdays until 31 July 2026.
Bangladesh Bank has ordered banks near mango markets in greater Rajshahi to open on Saturdays, the weekly holiday, during the mango season.
LivestockOn 24 May 2026, after visiting the Diabari cattle market in Dhaka, Fisheries and Livestock Minister Mohammad Aminur Rashid said the government had installed machines to detect counterfeit notes, provided banking services at the markets and deployed personnel to keep traders, farmers and buyers safe until Eid.
Counterfeiters are targeting cattle markets and other cash hubs before Eid-ul-Azha, prompting raids and a Bangladesh Bank order for detection booths.
Bangladesh Bank has ordered commercial banks to set up counterfeit note detection booths at cattle markets ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.
AgribusinessBanks disbursed Tk 21,000 crore in farm loans in the first six months of the 2025-26 fiscal year, Tk 4,749 crore or 29 percent more than a year earlier, according to Bangladesh Bank data reported on 27 January 2026.
Daily lifeOn 4 June 2025, the last working day before a 10-day Eid-ul-Azha holiday, customers lined up at bank branches and ATM booths across Dhaka to withdraw cash for qurbani animals, shopping and travel.
Chattogram City Corporation and Bangladesh Bank will work together to make transactions at two sacrificial animal markets in the city cashless this year.
