Type | Scheduled |
---|---|
Industry | Banking |
Founded | 2019 |
Headquarters | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Key people | IGP Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun (Chairman) Masihul Huq Chowdhury (Managing Director & CEO) |
Products | Banking services |
Website | communitybankbd.com |
Community Bank Bangladesh Limited is one of the newly approved Scheduled Banks of Bangladesh.[1] This bank is fully owned by Bangladesh Police Welfare Trust.[2] Masihul Huq Chowdhury is the CEO and Managing Director of the Bank.[3] The board meetings of the bank is held at the headquarters of Bangladesh Police.[4] The Inspector General of Police, Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, is the chairman of the bank.[5]
History
On 23 May 2018, Bangladesh Police Welfare Trust applied for a license from Bangladesh Bank to open a bank named Community Bank Bangladesh Limited. The trust is owned by Bangladesh Police. Bangladesh Bank approved the license application of the Bank in October 2018.[6] The Bank was officially listed on 4 November 2018.[7] Finance Minister of Bangladesh, Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, criticised Bangladesh Bank for approving Community Bank Bangladesh, Citizens Bank PLC, Bengal Commercial Bank Limited, and People's Bank Limited.[8] He expressed unhappiness as he believed the banks were approved on political considerations.[8]
Community Bank Bangladesh Limited started its operation on 11 September 2019, inaugurated by the Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina.[9][10][11]
In November 2021, Masihul Huq Chowdhury was reappointed the managing director of Community Bank Bangladesh Limited.[12]
Board of directors
Name | Position | Profession | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun | Chairman | Inspector General of Police | [13] |
S. M. Ruhul Amin | Director | Additional Inspector General | [13] |
Md. Mazharul Islam | Director | Additional Inspector General | [13] |
M. Khurshid Hossain | Director | Additional Inspector General | [13] |
Hasan Ul Haider | Director | Additional Inspector General | [13] |
Monirul Islam | Director | Additional Inspector General | [13] |
Md. Mahabubor Rahman | Director | Additional Inspector General | [13] |
Habibur Rahman | Director | Additional Inspector General | [13] |
Md. Aminul Islam | Director | Deputy Inspector General | [13] |
Md. Mahbubur Rahman Bhuiyan | Director | Deputy Inspector General | [13] |
Quazi Zia Uddin | Director | Deputy Inspector General | [13] |
Shoeb Reaz Alam | Director | Additional Deputy Inspector General | [13] |
Sufian Ahmed | Director | Superintendent of Police | [13] |
B. M. Forman Ali | Director | Inspector and president of Bangladesh Police Association | [13] |
Masud Khan | Independent Director | Chairman of Unilever Consumer Care Limited | [13] |
Kazi Masihur Rahman | Independent Director | Former managing director of Mercantile Bank Limited | [13] |
Abdullah Al Mahmud | Independent Director | Professor at University of Dhaka | [13] |
Masihul Huq Chowdhury | Managing Director | [13] |
See also
- Shimanto Bank Limited, managed by Border Guards Bangladesh
- Trust Bank Limited, managed by Bangladesh Army
- Ansar-VDP Unnayan Bank, managed by Bangladesh Ansar and the Village Defence Party
References
- ↑ "BB approves Community Bank". The Daily Star. 30 October 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- ↑ "Central bank approves Community Bank Bangladesh Ltd". banglanews24.com. 29 October 2018. Archived from the original on 11 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ↑ "'Our aim is to provide credit small and medium sized enterprises and encourage entrepreneurship'". Dhaka Tribune. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ↑ "Community Bank Bangladesh holds 35th Board Meeting". The Business Standard. 2 November 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ↑ "Community Bank holds 34th Board Meeting". The Business Standard. 26 September 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ↑ Harmachi, Abdur Rahim. "Bangladesh Bank gives police nod for Community Bank, rejects three other banks". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ↑ "Community Bank Bangladesh of police becomes 59th scheduled bank". New Age. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- 1 2 "I am very unhappy". The Daily Star. 2 November 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ↑ Press Information Department (12 September 2019). "PM opens Community Bank Bangladesh". Dhaka Tribune.
- ↑ "PM opens Community Bank". The Daily Star. 12 September 2019.
- ↑ "Prime Minister inaugurates Community Bank Bangladesh Limited". Daily Sun. 11 September 2019.
- ↑ "Masihul reappointed Community Bank MD". The Daily Star. 22 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Board of Directors". Community Bank Bangladesh Limited. Retrieved 28 November 2022.