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Islami Bank Bangladesh
DSE: ISLAMIBANKBanking · Islami Bank
Islami Bank Bangladesh is the country's largest Shariah-compliant (Islamic) commercial bank, intermediating deposits and financing on a profit-and-loss-sharing and trade-based basis rather than conventional interest. It plays a major role in remittance handling and SME/industrial finance.
Business: Shariah-compliant deposit products (Mudaraba), Islamic financing modes (Bai-Murabaha, Ijara, etc.), corporate and SME finance, foreign trade and remittance services, and retail banking.
Market data
Market capitalisation
52,486 mn BDT
Paid-up capital
16,100 mn BDT
Outstanding shares
1,609,990,668
Last price
32.6 BDT
Listed
1985
Market category
Z
Source: Dhaka Stock Exchange, fetched 2026-05
Policy exposure
The bank is in DSE 'Z' category, indicating regulatory/dividend or compliance concerns, after a period of contested ownership change and governance turmoil.
Z-category status signals heightened risk to investors and reflects the broader fragility of governance at systemically important banks.
Source: DSE
Reported large-scale loan irregularities and liquidity stress in recent years have made it a focal case for Bangladesh Bank supervision and restructuring.
Distress at the largest Islamic bank, a major remittance conduit, poses systemic and balance-of-payments risk requiring policy intervention.
Source: analysis
Contested changes in sponsor control illustrate the policy problem of opaque ownership transfers at large banks.
Weak transparency in bank ownership changes undermines depositor confidence and is a central governance-reform priority.
Source: analysis