In a rare move, Padma Bank PLC is going to convert institutional deposits into preference shares and provide them to customers seeking to withdraw funds, exposing how deeper its liquidity crisis is.
Embezzling thousands of crores of taka in the name of taking loans from banks is a regular occurrence in Bangladesh. Sometimes behind the front of business and industrial loans, sometimes through direct fraud and deception, such embezzlement takes place.
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