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Community Bank Bangladesh Limited
Community Bank Bangladesh Limited is one of the newly approved Scheduled Banks of Bangladesh. This bank is fully owned by Bangladesh Police Welfare Trust. Masihul Huq Chowdhury is the CEO and Managing Director of the Bank. The board meetings of the bank is held at the headquarters of Bangladesh Police. The Inspector General of Police, Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, is the chairman of the bank. 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. The Bank was officially listed on 4 November 2018. Finance Minister of Bangladesh, Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, criticised Bangladesh Bank for approving Community Bank Bangladesh, Citizens Bank PLC, Bengal Commercial Bank Limited Bengal Commercial Bank Limited is a fifth generation private commercial bank in Bangladesh. ...
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City
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be defined as a permanent and densely settled place with administratively defined boundaries whose members work primarily on non-agricultural tasks. Cities generally have extensive systems for housing, transportation, sanitation, utilities, land use, production of goods, and communication. Their density facilitates interaction between people, government organisations and businesses, sometimes benefiting different parties in the process, such as improving efficiency of goods and service distribution. Historically, city-dwellers have been a small proportion of humanity overall, but following two centuries of unprecedented and rapid urbanization, more than half of the world population now lives in cities, which has had profound consequ ...
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Habibur Rahman (police Officer)
Habibur Rahman ( bn, হাবিবুর রহমান; born 1 January 1967) is a Bangladeshi police officer. He is the 35th Commissioner of DMP. Prior to join here he was head of the Tourist Police. From 2019 to 2022, he was Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Dhaka Range, and DIG of administration & discipline at the police headquarters in Dhaka. Besides his police responsibilities, Rahman is known for working for the betterment of underprivileged people of the country, especially trans women and Bede people. He is also the general secretary of the Bangladesh Kabaddi Federation, vice president of the Asian Kabaddi Federation, and vice president of the International Kabaddi Federation. Early life Rahman was born in 1967 at Chandro Dighulia in Gopalganj District, East Pakistan, Pakistan. He completed a master's degree from the Institute of Education and Research, University of Dhaka. He then took the Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination and was selected for the polic ...
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Banks Established In 2018
A bank is a financial institution that accepts deposits from the public and creates a demand deposit while simultaneously making loans. Lending activities can be directly performed by the bank or indirectly through capital markets. Because banks play an important role in financial stability and the economy of a country, most jurisdictions exercise a high degree of regulation over banks. Most countries have institutionalized a system known as fractional reserve banking, under which banks hold liquid assets equal to only a portion of their current liabilities. In addition to other regulations intended to ensure liquidity, banks are generally subject to minimum capital requirements based on an international set of capital standards, the Basel Accords. Banking in its modern sense evolved in the fourteenth century in the prosperous cities of Renaissance Italy but in many ways functioned as a continuation of ideas and concepts of credit and lending that had their roots i ...
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Village Defence Party
The Village Defence Party (VDPs) is a law enforcement force in Bangladesh, organised in distinct units at the level of individual villages and urban towns. It is administered by the Home Ministry of the central Government of Bangladesh. Although domestic security is its main objective, the Village Defence Parties are also specifically charged with working on village development and welfare schemes. History The Village Defence Party system was created by Ziaur Rahman, the late President of Bangladesh in 1976 as part of his "self-sufficient village government plan." The equivalent of the VDP for small towns is the "Town Defence Party." After Zia's assassination in 1981, the VDPs became less prominent, but its role in local development was re-emphasized as part of President Hussain Muhammad Ershad's decentralisation policy. In 1988, the total numbers participating in VDPs across the nation stood at 10 million. Organisation The current strength of the Village Defence Parties is 5.6 mi ...
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Bangladesh Ansar
The Bangladesh Ansar (also known as the Ansar Bahini) is a paramilitary auxiliary force responsible for the preservation of internal security and law enforcement in Bangladesh. It is administered by the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of Bangladesh. It is the world's largest single paramilitary force. Etymology The name originates from the Arabic word of "Ansar", which denotes a "volunteer". The Ansar were the local inhabitants of Medina who, in Islamic tradition, took the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his followers (the ''Muhajirun'') into their homes when they emigrated from Mecca during the '' hijra''. The Ansar force was formed as the "East Pakistan Ansars" by the East Pakistan Ansars Act of 1948, and officially launched on 12 February 1948. The first director of the Ansar was James Buchanan, a British official appointed by the government of then-Chief Minister of East Bengal Khawaja Nazimuddin. The force was placed under the administration of the home ministr ...
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Ansar-VDP Unnayan Bank
Ansar-VDP Unnayan Bank is a specialised government owned bank in Bangladesh. The bank was founded to provide financial services to the paramilitary Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party. Major General AKM Nazmul Hasan is the chairman of this bank. The bank has 259 branches across the country under 18 regions. It is one of four specialized banks owned by the government of Bangladesh; the rest are Bangladesh Krishi Bank, Karmasangsthan Bank, and Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank. History The bank was established in 1995 through an act of parliament. Despite being a bank for Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party members, it has failed to attract adequate interest from them. It was founded after the 1994 Bangladesh Ansar mutiny The Bangladesh Ansar mutiny was a mutiny staged from 1 December to 4 December 1994, in Shafipur and Khilgaon by a section of the Bangladesh Ansar, a paramilitary force tasked with providing security to government installations and aiding law enf ... a ...
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Bangladesh Army
The Bangladesh Army is the land warfare branch and the largest component of the Bangladesh Armed Forces. The primary mission of the Army is to provide necessary forces and capabilities to deliver the Bangladeshi government's security and defence strategies and defending the nation's territorial integrity against external attack. Control of personnel and operations is administered by the Army Headquarters, Dhaka. The Bangladesh Army is also constitutionally obligated to assist the government and its civilian agencies during times of domestic national emergency. This additional role is commonly referred to as "aid to civil administration". History Early history The martial tradition of Bengal has its roots in the army of Kings and their chiefs who were called Senapati or Mahasenapati. Armies were composed of infantry, cavalry, war elephants and war boats. The arrival of Muslims and the establishment of the Bengal Sultanate further strengthened the military. The sultan ...
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Trust Bank Limited (Bangladesh)
Trust Bank Limited is a private commercial bank established in 1999 in Bangladesh. It is backed by Army Welfare Trust of Bangladesh Army. General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed the chief of Bangladesh army is its chairman. It is one of the leading private commercial banks having a network of 114 branches, 7 SME Service Centers, 244 ATM Booths and 140 POS in 114 Branches across Bangladesh. History In 1999, the Bangladesh Army Welfare Trust established Trust bank limited. In 2001, the bank introduced automated branch banking system. In 2005, the bank introduced ATM services for its customers. In January 2007, Trust Bank launched online banking services. Customers can now deposit or withdraw money from any branch of Trust Bank nationwide without needing to open multiple accounts in multiple branches. In November 2008, Trust Bank denied allegations by Mahmudur Rahman that its former chairman, Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury, was involved with laundering money from the bank in 2002. Trust Bank announ ...
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Shimanto Bank Limited
Shimanto Bank is a schedule commercial bank in Bangladesh and related to the Border Guards Bangladesh. As the slogan goes "Shimanhin Astha", Shimanto Bank Limited aims to be the leading financial institution to serve with utmost trust. Rafiqul Islam is the chief executive officer and managing director of the bank. Major General Shakil Ahmed, director general of Border Guards Bangladesh, is the chairman of the bank. History The bank was established on 21 July 2016 through an act of parliament and planned by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Maj General Aziz Ahmed was the founder chairman, Brigadier General Taufiqul Hasan Siddiquee was the project director, and Moklesur Rahman appointed as the first managing director and CEO of the bank. The bank was designed to provided financial services to the marginalized population of the country as well as active and retired personals of Border Guards Bangladesh. On 1 August 2016, Muklesur Rahman was appointed the Chief Executive Officer and man ...
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Mercantile Bank (Bangladesh)
Mercantile Bank Limited is a commercial bank headquartered in Dhaka, Bangladesh. History Mercantile Bank is a public limited company with limited liability under the bank companies act, 1991. Its share are listed in Dhaka Stock Exchange and Chittagong Stock Exchange. The bank provide products and services in retail banking, corporate finance, Islamic finance, asset management, equity brokerage and security. It has 119 branches in Bangladesh and employs around 2,300 employees. In April 2009, Mohammad Abdul Jalil, a former Awami League Commerce Minister, was elected chairman of Mercantile Bank. Md Abdul Jalil was re-elected chairman of Mercantile Bank in April 2012. On 9 January 2013, M Ehsanul Haque was appointed managing director of Mercantile Bank. In May 2013, Bangladesh Bank found a director of Mercantile Bank, Md Shahabuddin Alam, was involved with illegal transaction involving subsidiaries of SA Group of Industries. M Amanullah was elected chairman of Mercantile Bank. ...
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Unilever
Unilever plc is a British multinational consumer goods company with headquarters in London, England. Unilever products include food, condiments, bottled water, baby food, soft drink, ice cream, instant coffee, cleaning agents, energy drink, toothpaste, pet food, pharmaceutical and consumer healthcare products, tea, breakfast cereals, beauty products, and personal care. Unilever is the largest producer of soap in the world and its products are available in around 190 countries. Unilever's largest brands include Lifebuoy, Dove, Sunsilk, Knorr, Lux, Sunlight, Rexona/Degree, Axe/Lynx, Ben & Jerry's, Omo/Persil, Heartbrand (Wall's) ice creams, Hellmann's and Magnum. Unilever is organised into three main divisions: Foods and Refreshments, Home Care, and Beauty & Personal Care. It has research and development facilities in China, India, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Unilever was founded on 2 September 1929, by the merger of ...
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Monirul Islam (police Officer)
Md. Monirul Islam (born 15 June 1970) is an Additional Inspector General of Police of Bangladesh Police and head of the Special Branch. The position of Chief (Joint Commissioner, carrying the rank of Additional Deputy Inspector General) of Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) and the official Spokesperson of this unit earned him much publicity, albeit, he came into wide attention as the point-man of the nation’s counter terrorism offensive following ''Holey Artisan Bakery'' mayhem on July 1, 2016 (the grisly killing by violent extremists of twenty-two lives: nineteen foreigners, three natives and two higher rank Police personnel) as the Chief of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) that he pioneered, and is at the helm till date, and that, subsequently, spotted and cracked a number of terror-dens as well as curbed down the soaring extremist graph by neutralizing a good many violent-operators. Early life Islam was born in Gopalganj District. Is ...
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