{
  "id": 3732354,
  "title": "Bank Asia, Bangladesh Bank to boost agricultural and rural financing",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/bank-asia-bangladesh-bank-to-boost-agricultural-and-rural-financing",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-27T12:19:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dhaka Tribune Business",
    "slug": "dhaka-tribune-business",
    "url": "https://www.dhakatribune.com/business/banks/418452/bank-asia-bangladesh-bank-to-boost-agricultural"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Bank Asia PLC has signed a participation agreement with Bangladesh Bank to expand access to finance for farmers, rural entrepreneurs and businesses under the Tk10,000 crore refinance scheme for the agriculture and rural sectors. The agreement signing ceremony was held at Bangladesh Bank on August 19. AKM Saiduzzaman, director, Agricultural Credit Department-2, Bangladesh Bank, chaired the...…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}