Public Banks in Bangladesh

Agrani Bank
**Agrani Bank** was nationalized after liberation of Bangladesh. It started functioning as a commercial bank in 1972 and continued as a public sector bank till 16 May, 2007. On 17 May the bank started the third chapter of its life as a limited com...
Bangladesh Development Bank
Bangladesh Development Bank Limited (BDBL) is fully state owned Commercial Bank of Bangladesh. In addition commercial banking, BDBL provides financial and technical assistance to broaden the private as well as public sector industrial base of the ...
Janata Bank
**Janata Bank Limited** is one of the biggest commercial banks of the country. It’s a state owned bank that was formed just after liberation of Bangladesh. In fact it was a combination of two smaller banks namely United Bank Limited and Union Ba...
Krishi Bank
Bangladesh is an agro based country. Till now 85% of our population depends on agriculture for their livelihood, either directly or indirectly. At the same time agriculture contributes the lion share of GDP. So we can’t under-value it any way. Nat...
Pubali Bank
###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...
Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank
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
**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...
Sonali Bank
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...