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Bangladesh Association Of Banks
Bangladesh Association of Banks is an industry trade body of private banks in Bangladesh that represents the interests of the banking industry. Nazrul Islam Mazumder, chairperson of Exim Bank, is the Chairman of the Bangladesh Association of Banks. History Bangladesh Association of Banks was established in 1993 by nine private banks. The founding members were Al Baraka Bank Pakistan, AB Bank, The City Bank, IFIC Bank, National Bank Limited, United Commercial Bank Ltd, and Uttara Bank Limited. The first meeting was held on 12 December 1993 at the Hotel Sheraton (currently the InterContinental Dhaka The InterContinental Dhaka is a prominent luxury hotel in Ramna in central Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. It opened in 1966 and is owned by the Bangladeshi government. History The Inter-Continental Dacca opened in 1966, when the city, then ...). By 2018, membership had risen 38 private banks. In 2020, Bangladesh Association of Banks proposed to set up Mujib corners in the hea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhaka
Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city in the world with a population of 8.9 million residents as of 2011, and a population of over 21.7 million residents in the Greater Dhaka Area. According to a Demographia survey, Dhaka has the most densely populated built-up urban area in the world, and is popularly described as such in the news media. Dhaka is one of the major cities of South Asia and a major global Muslim-majority city. Dhaka ranks 39th in the world and 3rd in South Asia in terms of urban GDP. As part of the Bengal delta, the city is bounded by the Buriganga River, Turag River, Dhaleshwari River and Shitalakshya River. The area of Dhaka has been inhabited since the first millennium. An early modern city developed from the 17th century as a provincial capital and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the most densely populated countries in the world, and shares land borders with India to the west, north, and east, and Myanmar to the southeast; to the south it has a coastline along the Bay of Bengal. It is narrowly separated from Bhutan and Nepal by the Siliguri Corridor; and from China by the Indian state of Sikkim in the north. Dhaka, the capital and largest city, is the nation's political, financial and cultural centre. Chittagong, the second-largest city, is the busiest port on the Bay of Bengal. The official language is Bengali, one of the easternmost branches of the Indo-European language family. Bangladesh forms the sovereign part of the historic and ethnolinguistic region of Bengal, which was divided during the Partition of India in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nazrul Islam Mazumder
, pseudonym = bn, ধূমকেতু, Dhūmketu , image = Nazrul.jpg , image_size = , caption = Nazrul in Chittagong, 1926 , birth_date = 11 ''Joiṣṭhyô'', 1306 '' Bônggabdô'' , birth_place = Churulia, Asansol, Bengal Presidency, British India , death_date = , death_place = Dhaka, Bangladesh , resting_place = Mausoleum of Kazi Nazrul Islam , occupation = , language = , citizenship = British Indian Indian Bangladeshi , education = , alma_mater = , period = 1922–1942 , genre = , subject = , movement = Bengali Renaissance , notableworks = , spouse = , children = , awards = , signature = Signature of Kazi Nazrul.jpg , signature_alt = , module = , party = Workers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Baraka Bank Pakistan
Al Baraka (Pakistan) Limited (ABPL) () came into being as a result of the first merger in the Islamic Banking sector of Pakistan. The merger took place between the branch operations of Al Baraka Islamic Bank (AIB) Bahrain, Al Baraka Islamic Bank Pakistan (AIBP) and Emirates Global Islamic Bank (Pakistan), and thus from 1st November 2010, the operations of the merged entity began. The second merger took place in 2016 with Burj Bank Ltd. As of September 2016, the Bank has a national presence in Pakistan with a network of 191 branches in more than 97 cities across the country. History Al Baraka Islamic Bank is attributed to be the pioneer of Islamic Banking in Pakistan. It has been operating in the country since 1991 as branch operations of ''Al Baraka Islamic Bank Bahrain.'' During this period of over two decades in the country, the bank effectively developed and sustained its identity as one of the pioneers in providing Shariah compliant banking products and services. It has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AB Bank
AB Bank (formerly Arab Bangladesh Bank) is a leading private sector bank in Bangladesh. AB Bank Limited was incorporated on 31st December, 1981 and its the first commercial private bank in Bangladesh. History AB Bank was established on 31 December 1981. This was the first joint venture private bank in Bangladesh. On 14 November 2007 Bangladesh bank approved the name change to AB Bank from Arab Bangladesh Bank. A former deputy managing director was charged with embezzling 3.25 billion taka from the bank. In February 2008, AB Bank was fined 100 million taka for violating securities law with excessive marginal loans. The majority of these loans from the merchant banking wing of AB Bank went to bank employees and their relatives. In 2014 AB bank completed its acquisition of Cashlink Bangladesh Limited. A former vice president and his wife were sentenced to life in prison for embezzlement of 67.4 million taka from the bank in 2016.According to an investigation by Bangladesh Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The City Bank
The City Bank Limited is a Bangladeshi private commercial bank headquartered in Dhaka. The bank provides products and services in retail banking, corporate finance, SME Banking, women banking, digital banking, asset management, equity brokerage, and security. It has 132 branches. The bank is a licensee to issue Visa and MasterCard Debit and Credit Cards and it is the sole licensee of American Express Cards in Bangladesh. The bank is a real-time online bank, having its branches, SME/Agri branches spread across Bangladesh along with a full-fledged Islami Banking branch. The managing director and CEO of the bank is Mashrur Arefin. City Bank has gone international establishing 10 branches and 1 representative office in Malaysia in 2013 and one subsidiary office in Hong Kong in 2019. International Finance Corporation solely has invested BDT 1.31 billion, attaining a 5% share of City Bank. History It is a first-generation private commercial bank and it is one of the oldest commerc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IFIC Bank
govt shaere:35% The International Finance Investment and Commerce Bank Limited is a first generation Bangladeshi private commercial bank. The bank is ensuring cutting edge service with skilled workforce and revolutionary fintech support through more than 695 hundred modern business centers (Branches and Sub branches). It has extended its global corporate footprint in the form of Joint ventures and subsidiaries in Nepal, Oman and the UK History International Finance Investment and Commerce Bank Limited (IFIC Bank) is a banking company incorporated in the People's Republic of Bangladesh with limited liability. It was set up at the instance of the Government in 1976 as a joint venture between the Government of Bangladesh and Sponsors in the private sector with the objective of working as a finance company within the country and setting up joint venture banks/financial institutions aboard. In 1983 when the Government allowed banks in the private sector, IFIC was converted into a ful ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Bank Limited
The National Bank Limited ( bn, ন্যাশনাল ব্যাংক লিমিটেড) is a private limited bank in Bangladesh. Md Mehmood Husain is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the bank. Currently NBL has carrying their business through its 221 branches & Agri Branches spread all over the country. History National Bank Limited is the first private sector bank fully owned by Bangladeshi nationals. The bank was opened on 28 March 1983 but the first branch at 48, Dilkusha Commercial Area, Dhaka started commercial operation on 23 March 1983. The second branch was opened on 11 May 1983 at Khatungonj, Chittagong. In 2009, Sikder Group took over ownership and management of National Bank Limited. In 2015, the under construction office tower of the National Bank Limited in Karwan Bazar collapsed caused a neighboring building and road to suffer a cave in. The bank was accused of not cooperating in the handling of the incident by the Mayor of Dhaka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Commercial Bank Ltd
United Commercial Bank PLC (UCB) is a private commercial bank in Bangladesh established in 1983, listed on Dhaka Stock Exchange and Chittagong Stock Exchange. History 1980s The bank was incorporated on 26 June 1983. The government owns shares in the bank. The bank is listed in both Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) by 1986 and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) by 1995. 1990s On 8 April 1993, Humayun Zahir, the first chairman of the United Commercial Bank was murdered following a dispute with other bank directors. Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu, director of UCB was suspected for the murder. Babu fled the country and returned in 1996 after the Awami League government came to power replacing the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. On 26 August 1999, Babu forcefully seized control of UCBL's board of directors during a meeting with his son, Saifuzzaman Chowdhury by gunpoint with 40 armed men. Again another Chairman, Zafar Ahmed Chowdhury was forced to resign. Bangladesh Police declined to initi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uttara Bank Limited
Uttara Bank Limited is one of the largest and oldest private sector commercial banks in Bangladesh. There are 243 branches at home and 600 affiliates worldwide. History Uttara Bank Limited (UBL) was established in 1965 with the head office located at Motijheel in Dhaka, East Pakistan as a scheduled bank of the Eastern Banking Corporation. After the liberation war of Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ..., the bank was nationalized under Bangladesh Banks (Nationalisation) Order 1972 and renamed it Uttara Bank. In 1983, it became the first privatized bank of Bangladesh. Structure Uttara Bank Limited has 243 branches and 17 sub-branches in Bangladesh. The bank's internal and external operational activities is operated by twelve zones in different regions of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
InterContinental Dhaka
The InterContinental Dhaka is a prominent luxury hotel in Ramna in central Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. It opened in 1966 and is owned by the Bangladeshi government. History The Inter-Continental Dacca opened in 1966, when the city, then known as Dacca, was the capital of East Pakistan. The hotel was the first international five starbr>hotelin what would soon become the nation of Bangladesh. It was designed by architect William B. Tabler. The hotel played host to many important political events in the run up to the independence of Bangladesh, including negotiations on the transfer of power after the 1970 elections. During the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971, it was declared a neutral zone by the International Red Cross. Many buildings in its surrounding neighborhoods were targeted by the Pakistani military, including newspaper offices and university halls. InterContinental Hotels continued to operate the hotel until 1983, when it was taken over by Sheraton, becoming t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 Establishments In Bangladesh
File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peacefully dissolved into the Czech Republic and Slovakia; In the United States, the ATF besieges a compound belonging to David Koresh and the Branch Davidians in a search for illegal weapons, which ends in the building being set alight and killing most inside; Eritrea gains independence; A major snow storm passes over the United States and Canada, leading to over 300 fatalities; Drug lord and narcoterrorist Pablo Escobar is killed by Colombian special forces; Ramzi Yousef and other Islamic terrorists detonate a truck bomb in the subterranean garage of the North Tower of the World Trade Center in the United States., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Oslo I Accord rect 200 0 400 200 1993 Russian constitutional crisis rect 400 0 600 200 Dissolu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
