Type | Public Limited Company |
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Industry | Banking Financial services |
Founded | March 26, 1972 |
Headquarters | Dilkusha commercial area, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Area served | Bangladesh |
Key people | Dr. Khondoker Bazlul Hoque{Chairman) |
Products | Finance and insurance Consumer Banking Corporate Banking Investment Banking Investment Management |
Net income | Tk 264.6 crore (US$ 38.35 million) 2008[1] |
Employees | 13,269[2] |
Website | http://www.agranibank.org |
Agrani Bank (Bengali: অগ্রণী ব্যাংক) is a state-owned commercial bank of Bangladesh established in 1972 . Its headquarter is situated at Motijheel in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh.
It started functioning as nationalised commercial bank taking over assets and liabilities of the erstwhile Habib Bank ltd and commerce Bank ltd. functioning in the East Pakistan. It has been privatized on 15th November 2007 and emerged as Agrani Bank Limited (ABL) taking over assets, liability and goodwill of Agrani Bank. [3] The authorized capital of the Bank is Tk. 800 crore.