Local Banks in Bangladesh
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Mercantile Bank Limited was established by a few dynamic people from industrial and commercial sectors of the country. The bank started its journey as a commercial bank on 02 June, 1999. It expressed its vision to be development of corporate citiz...
**Mutual Trust Bank Limited** started its banking activities on 24 October, 1999 following the issuance of license by Bangladesh Bank on 05 October of the same year.
The vision of **Mutual Trust Bank**, as expressed by the initiators was to bui...
Emergence of **National Bank** in the banking arena of Bangladesh was a remarkable event. While the national economy was sunken in severe recession some dynamic people with a vision came forward to establish a commercial bank. Their attempt was to...
Starting its journey as an investment company in 1985 **National Credit and Commerce Bank ltd**. came out as a private commercial bank in 1993. As an investment company it operated through its 16 branches with commendable reputation up to 1992 and...
**One Bank Limited** came into existence as a commercial bank following its incorporation in May, 1999. It’s a third generation private sector bank of Bangladesh. The bank announced as its vision to be a role model bank of Bangladesh through meeti...
**Premier Bank** is one of the latest generation commercial banks of Bangladesh. The bank started functioning in 1999 after being established under the Banking Companies Act, 1991.
####Products & Services
**Premier Bank** provides all genera...
In the backdrop of economic liberalization and financial sector reforms, a group of highly successful local entrepreneurs conceived an idea of floating a commercial bank with different outlook. For them, it was competence, excellence and consisten...
###History
**Pubali Bank limited** was the outcome of some visionary peoples’ endeavor to rise even under the
autocratic rule of Pakistan. In 1959 some courageous men decided to establish a commercial bank
owned by Bengali persons alone and a...
All the assets and liabilities of **Bangladesh Krishi Bank**, Rajshahi Division was handed over to **Rajshahi
Krishi Unnayan Bank** by the Presidential Ordinance No. 58, 1986. Thus the bank RAKUB came into
reality. It’s a government owned bank a...
**Rupali Bank Limited** was established in a newly independent country of Bangladesh as a Nationalized Commercial Bank in the year 1972. **RBL** emerged through merger of three comparatively smaller private banks of the then East Pakistan. The thr...
**Shahjalal Islami Bank** commenced its operation as a commercial bank on 10 May, 2001 under the Bank Companies Act, 1991. This bank follows Islamic Shariah strictly. **SJIBL** started functioning with a vision to develop itself as a unique Islami...
**Social Islami Bank** was founded in 1995 as **Social Investment Bank Limited** and changed its name to the present one on August 2009.
**SIBL** has been running its activities through its 72 branches all over the country. It provides Islami b...
National Bank of Pakistan was the largest commercial bank in the then East Pakistan. After liberation of
Bangladesh in 1971, this bank along with two smaller banks, Premier Bank and Bank of Bahawalpur were
merged into **Sonali Bank**. The bank w...
**Southeast Bank Limited** was established as a third generation private sector bank of Bangladesh. Till now it has developed itself and contributed quite a lot to the national economy. In the year 2001 its authorized capital was BDT 500 million a...
**Standard Bank Limited** was established as a Public Limited Company in 1999 under the Companies Act, 1994. Since inception **SBL** is providing almost all banking services and products to its clients. During last 12 years it has developed a good...
In the year 1999 **Trust Bank Limited** emerged as a private commercial bank in the banking arena of Bangladesh with a vision to meet customers’ expectations to a bank. At the same time it would develop itself as the bank of choice through service...
Some leading personalities from industry and business of the country got together in early eighties of the last century to build up a commercial bank. The result was one of the first generation private sector banks of the country. Thus **United co...
In the year 1965 a commercial bank was established in private sector at Dhaka. It was named as Eastern
Banking Corporation. After liberation of the country in 1971 the bank was nationalized as **Uttara Bank** by the Government against order P.O. ...
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