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Type | Scheduled |
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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]
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]
Name | Position | Profession | Reference |
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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] |
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