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Bangladesh Prepares To Use More Risk Sensitive Banking Rules

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he Bangladesh Bank (BB), the country's central bank, on Monday raised the level of capital adequacy for commercial banks to strengthen their capital base. The move is aimed at meeting the requirement of Basel-II framework, officials say in the capital, Dhaka.

The Basel II Framework gives details for how banks can adopt more risk-sensitive minimum capital requirement. "We have increased the capital adequacy of the banks as preparation for the implementation of the Basel-II framework," a BB senior official told AHN in Dhaka on Monday.

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