Agrani Bank

Agrani Bank Limited
Public Limited Company
Industry Banking
Financial services
Founded 26 March 1972
Headquarters Dilkusha commercial area, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Area served
 Bangladesh
Key people
 Zaid Bakht (Chairman) [1]
Products Finance and insurance
Consumer Banking
Corporate Banking
Investment Banking
Investment Management
Increase Tk 2646 million (US$38.35 million) 2008[2]
Number of employees
 13,269[3]
Website http://www.agranibank.org

Agrani Bank (Bengali: অগ্রণী ব্যাংক) is a state-owned commercial bank of Bangladesh established in 1972 . Its headquarters is situated at Motijheel in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. Agrani Bank Limited is governed by a Board of Directors consisting of 12 members headed by a Chairman. The Bank is headed by the Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer; Managing Director is assisted by Deputy Managing Directors and General Managers. The bank has 11 Circle offices, 34 Divisions in head office, 62 zonal offices and 921 branches including 27 corporate and 40 AD (authorized dealer) branches.

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 15 November 2007 and emerged as Agrani Bank Limited (ABL) taking over assets, liability and goodwill of Agrani Bank.[4] The authorized capital of the Bank is Tk 8 billion.

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References

  1. ↑ http://bdnews24.com/business/2014/11/18/new-agrani-bank-chairman-zaid-bakht-to-focus-on-internal-audit, New Agrani Bank chairman Zaid Bakht
  2. ↑ "Independent Auditors' Report" (PDF). Agrani Bank Ltd.
  3. ↑ "Agrani Bank". Banglapedia. Retrieved 2 October 2009.
  4. ↑ "Agrani Bank Limited". BusinessWeek. Retrieved 5 October 2009.

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