Banking System In Bangladesh

There are four banking systems around the world. From these, the banking system of Bangladesh is Anglo-American. The name of the Central Bank in Bangladesh is “Bangladesh Bank”. It’s Head Office is situated at Motijheel, Dhaka. Bangladesh Bank has two branches in Dhaka and in every division, it has at least one branch. So, it has thirteen branches all over the country. However, below you will get the list of Banks in Bangladesh as well. At present, the specialized banks in Bangladesh are:

  1. Bangladesh Krishi Bank
  2. Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank
  3. Bangladesh Shilpa Bank
  4. Bangladesh Shilpa Rin Sangstha
  5. Small Industries & Commerce Bank Bangladesh Limited.
  6. Grameen Bank
  7. Karmoshangsthan Bank

There are three types of commercial banks in Bangladesh, these are:

  1. Nationalized Commercial Banks
  2. Private Commercial Banks
  3. Foreign Commercial Banks

According to the 1st week of November in 1999 there were 4 nationalized commercial banks, 23 private commercial banks and 13 foreign commercial banks. Below you will get the list of bank in Bangladesh.

List of Bank in Bangladesh

The below list shows the List of Bank in Bangladesh. They are listed as Nationalized Commercial Bank, Private Commercial Bank, and Foreign Commercial Bank

Nationalized Commercial Bank

  1. Sonali Bank Limited
  2. Janata Bank Limited
  3. Agrani Bank Limited
  4. Rupali Bank Limited

Private Commercial Bank

  1. Pubali Bank Limited
  2. Uttara Bank Limited
  3. Arab Bangladesh Bank Limited
  4. IFIC Bank Limited
  5. Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited
  6. National Bank Limited
  7. The City Bank Limited
  8. United Commercial Bank Limited
  9. Eastern Bank
  10. National Credit & Commerce Bank
  11. Prime Bank Ltd
  12. South East Bank Ltd
  13. Dhaka Bank Ltd
  14. Al-Arafa Islami Bank Ltd
  15. Social Investment Bank Ltd
  16. Dutch Bangla Bank Ltd
  17. Mercantile Bank Ltd
  18. Standard Bank Ltd
  19. Exim Bank Ltd
  20. Bangladesh Commerce Bank Ltd
  21. Mutual Bank Ltd
  22. First Security Bank Ltd

Foreign Commercial Bank

  1. Standard Chartered Bank Ltd
  2. Citi Bank N.A.
  3. The Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation
  4. Habib Bank
  5. State Bank of India
  6. National Bank of Pakistan
  7. Woori Bank Limited
  8. Commercial Bank of Ceylon
  9. Bank Al-Falah Limited
  10. ICBN Islami Bank Limited