Prime Bank Limited

Prime Bank
Type	Private (Non-Government)
Traded as	DSE: PRIMEBANK
Industry	Banking
Founded	1995 (1995) in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Headquarters	Dhaka, Bangladesh
Key people	Mr. Azam J Chowdhury (Chairman) Mr. M A Khaleque (Vice-Chairman) Mr. Mafiz A. Bhuiyan (Vice-Chairman) M.A. Wahhab
Net income	Tk 1404 million (Year end 2014)
Number of employees	2,867^[1]
Website	primebank.com.bd

Prime Bank Limited^[2]^[3] is a private commercial bank in Bangladesh with its headquarters in Dhaka.^[4]^[5]

History

Prime Bank was created and commencement of business started on 17 April 1995. It was incorporated under the Companies Act of 1994. The Bank is traded at the Dhaka stock exchange and Chittagong stock exchange.^[4]^[6] Prime Bank is the title sponsor of the 2013 edition of Bangladesh Premier League cricket tournament.^[7]

Islamic Banking at Prime Bank

Islamic Banking operations of Prime Bank Limited started in the year 1995 through the opening of Islamic banking branch at Dilkusha, Dhaka. Operations of Islamic banking branches are coordinated by Islamic Banking Division at Head Office and supervised by Prime Bank Shari’ah Supervisory Committee. ^[8]

Controversy

Over 920 million taka was embezzled by 11 officials of the Bank. It became the subject of an Anti-Corruption Commission investigation.^[9]

References

↑ https://www.primebank.com.bd/index.php/home/financial_highlights
↑ "The Financial Express | Financial Online News portal". The Financial Express Online Version. Retrieved 2016-05-09.
↑ "Prime Bank holds business conference". The Daily Star. 2003-01-21. Retrieved 2016-05-09.
1 2 "Prime Bank Limited - Banglapedia". en.banglapedia.org. Retrieved 2016-05-09.
↑ "Top five uncapped players to watch out for | Dhaka Tribune". www.dhakatribune.com. Retrieved 2016-05-09.
↑ "Prime Bank celebrates 15th anniversary". The Daily Star. 2010-04-17. Retrieved 2016-05-09.
↑ "Prime Bank title sponsor of BPL". The Daily Star. 2013-01-01. Retrieved 2016-05-09.
↑ "Prime Bank launches Hasanah". The Daily Star. 2008-08-14. Retrieved 2016-05-09.
↑ "Swindled by bankers". The Daily Star. 2014-07-17. Retrieved 2016-05-09.

External links

Official Website

List of banks in Bangladesh

Central bank	Bangladesh Bank

State-owned commercial banks	Agrani Bank Sonali Bank Rupali Bank Janata Bank

Private commercial banks	AB Bank Bangladesh Commerce Bank Limited Bank Asia Limited BRAC Bank Limited Dhaka Bank Limited Dutch Bangla Bank Limited Eastern Bank Limited Farmers Bank Limited IFIC Bank Limited Jamuna Bank Limited Meghna Bank Limited Mercantile Bank Limited Midland Bank Limited Modhumoti Bank Limited Mutual Trust Bank Limited National Bank Limited NCC Bank Limited NRB Bank Limited NRB Commercial Bank Limited NRB Global Bank Ltd One Bank Limited Prime Bank Limited Pubali Bank Limited South Bangla Agriculture and Commerce Bank Ltd Southeast Bank Limited Standard Bank Limited The City Bank Premier Bank Limited Trust Bank Limited United Commercial Bank Ltd Uttara Bank Limited

Islamic Commercial Banks	Al-Arafah Islami Bank Limited Export Import Bank of Bangladesh Limited First Security Islami Bank Limited ICB Islamic Bank Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited Social Islami Bank Limited Union Bank Limited

Foreign commercial banks	Bank Alfalah Citibank NA Commercial Bank of Ceylon Habib Bank Limited HSBC National Bank of Pakistan Standard Chartered Bank State Bank of India Woori Bank

Specialized banks	Grameen Bank Bangladesh Krishi Bank Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank Bangladesh Development Bank Ltd BASIC Bank Limited Probashi Kallyan Bank Karmasangsthan Bank Ansar-VDP Unnayan Bank Shimanto Bank

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