Bangladesh to close 500 bank branches
The decision came in the backdrop of growing pressure from the World Bank and other multilateral agencies to speed up reform in the banking sector.
World Bank officials say the country's bad debt and inefficient surplus workforce were the two main problems that crippled its nationalised commercial banks.
Bangladesh's
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