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Editor’s Note Non-Performing Loans : Curse for sustainable growth Now that Bangladesh has graduated to developing country all eorts should be made to strengthen the banking sector which is the backbone of the economy. e requirements and challenges of many to a developing country must not be ignored and the best way to do this is strengthening the capital & liquidity ratio of the banks. Non-Performing Loans (NPL) is one of the issues that is impacting capital adequacy of the industry specially the eight state-owned commercial and specialized banks. For decades, state-owned banks have been the prime leader to the large corporate borrowers particularly in the industrial sector of the economy. e prerequisite for the economic development of a country is smooth and ecient ow of e Executive Board saving-investment process. Bangladesh, being a developing country and with an underdeveloped capital market, mainly depends on the intermediary role of commercial banks for mobilizing internal saving and providing capital to the investor. us, it matters President how well our nancial sector is functioning. Mahbubur Rahman In Bangladesh six state-owned commercial banks account for about a quarter of total banking sector assets. ey are supplemented by two state-owned specialized development banks, 40 private commercial banks and nine foreign banks. Vice Presidents Capital adequacy is the primary indicator of the banks’ nancial tness and stability. Aer Latifur Rahman successful implementation of Basel II guideline in regards to the adequacy of capital, Rokia Afzal Rahman Bangladesh Bank is now in the process of implementing Basel III guidelines which is an international regulatory framework for banks. Members According to a Bangladesh Bank study ve years (during CY2012 to CY 2016) average ratio A. H. Aslam Sunny of gross NPLs to total loans were about 27.1 percent, whereas, it was 4.9 percent for PCBs, 6.5 percent for FCBs & 22.56 percent for SCBs. e percentage of classied loan to total A. K. Azad outstanding stood at 10.1 percent in June 2016. e percentage was highest for the SBs 26.1 A. S. M. Quasem percent, for the PCBs 5.4 percent, for the SCBs 25.7 percent and for the FCBs 8.3 percent. Aab ul Islam Until September 2017, total banking sector loan amounted to Tk 7,527.30 billion, of which Anwar-Ul-Alam Chowdhury (Parvez) Tk 803.07 billion or 10.67 per cent was bad debt. And if restructured or rescheduled loans Kutubuddin Ahmed were included, NPL in the banking sector goes up to 17 percent of total outstanding loans. Mahbubul Alam By the end of September, the total bad debt of SCBs stood at Tk385.17 billion against the Md. Fazlul Hoque disbursed loans of Tk1,316.89 billion (29.25% of disbursed loan); total bad debt of specialized Bangladesh Krishi Bank and Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank stood at Tk55.18 Md. Siddiqur Rahman billion against the disbursed loans of Tk231.93 billion (23.79% of disbursed loan); PCBs had Mir Nasir Hossain default loans of Tk339.73 billion against the disbursed loans of Tk5,687.32 billion (5.97% of R. Maksud Khan disbursed loan) and FCBs had bad debt of Tk22.98 billion against the disbursed loans of Tk291.16 billion (7.89% of disbursed loan). Barrister Raque-ul Huq Rupali Chowdhury Naturally, these high NPLs have aected the protability and the overall capital to risk weighted assets ratio (CRAR), a key measure of bank strength and stability. According to Sheikh Kabir Hossain e Economist's Intelligence Unit, e CRAR at private banks was 12.2%, while that at the Tapan Chowdhury nine foreign banks was a healthy 23.9% , the six state-owned commercial banks was only 5.9% and that of the two specialised state-owned banks was an astonishing -35.23%. Further bad loans are routinely restructured to permit further lending to the same Editor borrowers. According to a study by the Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM) Ataur Rahman an average banks rescheduled bad loans of Tk109.1bn annually during 2010–14. Secretary General According to a meeting of the parliamentary standing committee on nance ministry at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban on February 28 the amount of defaulted loans of top 25 defaulters Editorial Associate stood at Tk 96.96 billion as of September last year. e central bank submitted the list at parliamentary standing committee suggested forming a joint committee comprising BB Syeda Shahnewaz Lotika and nance ministry ocials. Deputy General Manager In contrast, to recapitalize banks over the past few years the government has provided large amounts to the sector. In the budget 2017/18 the government has earmarked Tk20bn to Contents recapitalise state-owned banks. e decision to provide funding has been criticized by the experts. As despite the regular infusion of budget funds, state-run banks have not improved ICC Bangladesh News 02 their NPL positions. ICC HQs News 09 Until now, only limited action has been taken to penalise defaulters, improve risk Bangladesh Economy 18 management and strengthen bank management. To tackle the sector's deep-rooted Regional News 38 problems of corruption and poor risk practices further eorts needed. WTO News 48 News Bulletin ICC Bangladesh News Election of new First Vice–Chairman and Secretary General of ICC Hqs. e Extra-ordinary World Council eld of corporate sustainability. He ICC Secretary General John Dani- of ICC was held in Tokyo on 8 served as a member of the UN lovich upon stepping down from March. e Council unanimously Secretary General’s High-Level his current role at Corrs Chambers elected Paul Polman, CEO of Panel responsible for formulating Westgarth. He previously served ICC Bangladesh President Mahbubur Rahman, Vice-President Latifur Rahman & Secretary General Ataur Rahman are seen among other delegates at the ICC World Council held in Tokyo on March 8. Unilever as ICC’s new First Vice- the Sustainable Development Goal on ICC’s Executive Board and in Chair and John W.H. Denton AO – (SDGs) – launched in 2015 – and 2016 became the rst Australian to currently Chief Executive Ocer of was subsequently appointed as a hold the position of First Vice-Chair Australian law rm Corrs Chambers UN SDG Advocate responsible for of ICC. Westgarth as the next Secretary- promoting the “Global Goals”. e ICC World Council was attend- General. Mr Denton is a legal expert and ed by more than 50 Chairmen/Vice- Mr. Polman will succeed current adviser on global policy, internation- Chairmen/Secretary Generals of the ICC Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal al trade and investment and infra- ICC National Committees from from 1 July, 2018, who in turn will structure. His advice is sought by dierent parts of the World. ICC take the position of Honorary Australia’s most prominent corpora- Bangladesh President Mahbubur Chairman of ICC. tions and by governments and Rahman, Vice President Latifur international bodies alike. Mr Polman is a globally recognized Rahman and Secretary General business leader and a pioneer in the Mr Denton will succeed outgoing Ataur Rahman also attended. ICC Bangladesh Delegation to ICC Asia Pacic RCG and 4th Asia Pacic CEO Forum, Tokyo. e ICC Asia Pacic Regional Forum. ICC Bangladesh President e Meeting was informed that the Consultative Group (RCG) Meeting Mahbubur Rahman, Vice President National Committee membership and CEO Forum was held in Tokyo Latifur Rahman and Secretary fees will remain unchanged for the on 8-9 March 2018. Both the meet- General Ataur Rahman attended all time being. An update on ICC ings were attended by almost all the the meetings. strategy and policy work, status of National Committee of the Region. Incoterms 2020, participation of In addition, representatives from ICC Asia Pacic RCG Coordinator Asia-Pacic NCs in the new Arbitra- ICC Belgium, Finland, Germany, Harsh Pati Singhania delivered the tion Incentive Scheme, promotion Mexico and Turkey and Chinese welcome address. ICC Japan Vice of the new ICC Dispute Resolution Taipei Business Council of ICC Chair Toru Ishida, ICC Secretary Bulletin, update on ICC activities attended as observers. Extra- General John Danilovich and ICC with regard to SMEs, ICC’ role at ordinary World Council of ICC was Secretary General Designate John UN, ICC Academy and 11th WTO held prior to ICC RCG and CEO Denton made introductory remarks. Ministerial Conference were made January - March 2018 2 News Bulletin ICC Bangladesh News by ocials from ICC. ICC Japan ICC Secretary General John Dani- Partners Securities PLC; Shujiro Urata, also made a presentation on Asia lovich, ICC Asia Pacic CEO Forum Professor of Waseda Univesity and Pacic Economic Outlook. ICC Task Force Chairman Raghu Mody Tetsuro Fukunaga, Director General Bangladesh Vice President Latifur and ICC Japan Chairman Mikio for International Cyber Economy Rahman also attended the ICC Sasaki made the welcome address Policy, Ministry of Economy Trade Executive Committee Meeting. at the beginning of the Forum. and Industry of Japan. ICC Secretary General John Danilovich (extreme le) moderating 2nd panel discussion on “Achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) rough Innovation and Entrepreneurship”. As a very active National Commit- ICC First Vice Chairman & CEO of e 2nd Panel was on “Achieving tee in the Region, ICC Bangladesh Unilever Paul Polman and Mr. Akio the United Nations Sustainable was requested to make a presenta- Mimura, Chair, Japan Chamber of Development Goals (SDGs) tion on its activities. ICC Bangla- Commerce and Industry, Senior rough Innovation and Entrepre- desh President briefed the Meeting Advisor & Honorary Chair, Nippon neurship” was moderated by ICC about the activities of ICC Bangla- Steel and Sumitomo Metal Corpora- Secretary General John Danilovich. desh which was followed by a power tion were the Keynote Speakers.