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Bangladesh Banking Sector Faces Crisis with Negative Capital Ratio

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New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) Bangladesh’s banking sector slipped into a crisis at the end of 2025, with the capital adequacy ratio falling to minus 2.64 per cent, after a wave of previously concealed bad loans came to light, making them the weakest in South Asia to absorb financial shocks, a new report has said.By comparison, CRAR stood at 17.20 per cent in India, 20.80 per cent in Pakistan and 19.40 per cent in Sri Lanka at the end of 2025, the report from Bangladesh-based The Daily Star said.A …