National Bank

DSE: NBL

Banking · Sikder Group-linked

National Bank Limited (NBL) is one of the oldest private commercial banks in Bangladesh, offering corporate, retail, and SME banking. It trades on the Dhaka Stock Exchange in the 'Z' category and has a very large paid-up capital base.

Business: Corporate and commercial lending, retail/consumer banking, SME finance, trade finance, remittance and foreign-exchange services, and treasury operations.

Market data

Market capitalisation

12,879 mn BDT

Paid-up capital

32,197 mn BDT

Outstanding shares

3,219,739,570

Last price

4.0 BDT

Listed

1984

Market category

Z

Source: Dhaka Stock Exchange, fetched 2026-05

Policy exposure

DSE 'Z' market category and a depressed share price, signalling dividend/compliance or financial-distress flags. Distress at one of the country's oldest and largest-capital private banks is a systemic-risk and depositor-protection concern for the regulator. Source: Dhaka Stock Exchange, fetched 2026-05

Bank-business group nexus through links to a large family conglomerate. Group-linked ownership concentrates related-party lending risk, a recurring driver of asset-quality deterioration in Bangladeshi banks. Source: analysis

Governance, board-control, and asset-quality problems that have prompted central-bank intervention in the bank. Regulatory administration of a major private bank tests the credibility and tools of Bangladesh Bank's resolution framework. Source: analysis