{
  "id": 4844122,
  "title": "Mercantile Bank, Bangladesh Bank to boost North Bengal agriculture",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/mercantile-bank-bangladesh-bank-to-boost-north-bengal-agriculture",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-01T10:36:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dhaka Tribune Business",
    "slug": "dhaka-tribune-business",
    "url": "https://www.dhakatribune.com/business/banks/418837/mercantile-bank-bangladesh-bank-to-boost-north"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Bangladesh Bank and Mercantile Bank PLC signed a participatory agreement to form a Tk3,000 crore refinancing fund to establish agriculture-based special economic zones in the northern region of the country. The agreement signing ceremony took place on August 31, at the head office of Bangladesh Bank. Bangladesh Bank deputy governor Md Kabir Ahmed, executive director Arief Hossain Khan, and...…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Dhaka Tribune Business",
        "title": "SBAC signs agreement with Bangladesh Bank",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/sbac-signs-agreement-with-bangladesh-bank",
        "published": "2026-09-01T10:31:15.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}