Dhaka, April 29 -- Banking saw a little decline in profitability despite a moderate improvement in asset quality, a latest regulatory assessment till end of September 2023 says and mentions some risk factors.

According to the financial stability report released by the Bangladesh Bank (BB Monday, total assets of the banking industry grew by Tk 314.90 billion by then and reached Tk 23,457.73 billion.

However, the quarterly asset growth decreased to 1.36 per cent, down from 3.90 per cent in the previous quarter.

Asset quality improved as the non-performing loan (NPL) ratio decreased to 9.93 per cent at end-September 2023 from 10.11 per cent at the end of June 2023.

The profitability in term of Return on Assets (ROA) and Return on Equity ...