Bangladesh Commerce Bank Limited

Bangladesh Commerce Bank Limited
Type	Private (Non-Government)
Industry	Banking
Founded	Dhaka, Bangladesh
Headquarters	Dhaka, Bangladesh
Key people	Arastoo Khan^[1]
Products	Banking services Consumer Banking Corporate Banking Investment Banking
Net income
Website	Bangladesh Commerce Bank Limited

Bangladesh Commerce Bank Limited (OBL) [ ওয়ান ব্যাংক লিমিটেড ] is a private sector commercial bank in Bangladesh.

History

The Bank can trace its origins to the former Bangladesh Commerce and Investment Limited was set up on 27 January 1986.^[2] It was a non bank financial institution. In April 1992 its activities were suspended by Bangladesh Bank due to a liquidity crises.^[2] To protect the banking sector, the employees and customers of the firm it was changed into a bank by Bangladesh Bank.^[2] Bangladesh Commerce Bank Limited was incorporated on 1 June 1998.^[2]

Robbery

A branch of the bank was robbed in Ashulia, Bangladesh on 21 April 2015. 9 people including the bank manager were killed.^[3] One of the robber was killed and 2 were captured out of an estimated 8-9 robbers.^[4] The attack was blamed on Islamic militants. 6 members Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and Ansarullah Bangla Team were sentenced to death in the case and others were imprisoned.^[5]^[3]^[6]

References

↑ "BCBL". www.bcblbd.com. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
1 2 3 4 "Bangladesh Commerce Bank Limited - Banglapedia". en.banglapedia.org. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
1 2 "Cops suspect militant link". thedailystar.net. The Daily Star. 22 April 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
↑ "6 militants given death for 2015 Ashulia bank heist". thedailystar.net. The Daily Star. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
↑ "'Ansarullah Bangla' man held over Ashulia bank heist". thedailystar.net. The Daily Star. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
↑ "8 killed in Ashulia bank robbery | Dhaka Tribune". archive.dhakatribune.com. Retrieved 20 September 2016.

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	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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