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Central Bank

Bangladesh Bank

Pursuant to Bangladesh Bank Order, 1972 the Government of Bangladesh reorganized the Dhaka branch of the State Bank of Pakistan as the central bank of the country, and named it Bangladesh Bank with retrospective effect from 16 December 1971.

Govt. owned Commercial Banks

The banking system of Bangladesh is dominated by the 4 Nationalized Commercial Banks , which together controlled more than 54% of deposits and operated 3388 branches (54% of the total) as of December 31, 2004[1]. The nationalized commercial banks are:

Private Commercial Banks

Private banks are the highest growth sector due to the dismal performances of government banks (above). They tend to offer better service and products.

Foreign Commercial Banks

Citibank na
HSBC
Standard Chartered Bank
Commercial Bank of Ceylon
State Bank of India
Habib Bank
National Bank of Pakistan (No Website for Bangladesh Branch)
Bank Alfalah

Specialized Development Banks

Out of the specialized banks, two (Bangladesh Krishi Bank and Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank) were created to meet the credit needs of the agricultural sector while the other two ( Bangladesh Shilpa Bank (BSB) & Bangladesh Shilpa Rin Sangtha (BSRS) are for extending term loans to the industrial sector[1]. The Specialized banks are:

Grameen Bank
Bangladesh Krishi Bank
Bangladesh Development Bank Ltd
Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank
Basic Bank Ltd (Bank of Small Industries and Commerce)
Bangladesh Somobay Bank Limited(Cooperative Bank) (No Web site)
Ansar VDP Unnyan Bank