Dutch-Bangla Bank PLC
Profile
- Total assets
- ৳817,797,570,000
- Deposits
- —
- Gross NPL
- —
- CRAR
- 17.13% (compliant)
- Net profit
- ৳9,647,680,000
- Chairman
- Sadia Rayen Ahmed
- MD/CEO
- Md. Ahteshamul Haque Khan
- Rating
- AAA
DBBL is one of Bangladesh's best-capitalised private commercial banks: CRAR of 17.13% as of December 2025 exceeds the regulatory 12.5% minimum by a wide margin; net profit doubled in 2025 to BDT 965 crore (104% growth); NexusPay app crossed 9.45 million active users as of March 2026; new MD/CEO Md. Ahteshamul Haque Khan (effective February 7, 2026) is an internal promotion from Deputy MD. The bank is purchasing a Tk 1,016 crore permanent head office building at 47 Motijheel (decision August 26, 2025).
Recent activity
- 2026-02-07 appointment Md. Ahteshamul Haque Khan joined as Managing Director and CEO; previously served as Deputy MD and Chief Business Officer for approximately six years and as COO; joined DBBL in 2003 and brings over 30 years of banking experience. ↗↗↗
- 2026-04-28 earnings Board approved un-audited Q1 2026 financial statements (ended March 31, 2026): net profit after tax BDT 2.61 billion vs BDT 885 million in Q1 2025 (+195%); EPS 2.70 vs 0.92 year-on-year; NAV climbed to BDT 62.68 billion from BDT 52.38 billion. ↗
- 2026-04-28 earnings Board adopted audited annual financial statements for FY2025 (ended December 31, 2025): net profit BDT 9,647.68 million (965 crore), a 104% year-on-year increase; EPS 9.98 vs 4.90 restated in 2024; NAV per share 62.14; CRAR 17.13% vs 13.83% in 2024, well above 12.5% regulatory minimum. ↗↗
- 2026-04-28 dividend Board recommended 30% total dividend for FY2025 (25% cash + 5% stock bonus shares), up from 20% in FY2024; AGM scheduled June 16, 2026; record date May 19, 2026; ex-date May 20, 2026. ↗↗↗
Provenance & notes
Incorporated as a public limited company under the Companies Act 1994 and commenced operations June 3, 1996 as Bangladesh's first Bangladeshi-European banking joint venture with FMO (Netherlands Development Finance Company). FMO has since sold its entire stake (final 1% offloaded after selling 29% earlier; exit completed circa 2019-2020); a Hong Kong-based investor remains as the lone identifiable foreign shareholder per Wikipedia. Foreign ownership percentage is not confirmed from a current primary source and is left null. Government ownership is nil (purely private). Paid-up capital BDT 9,660 million (Tk 966 crore per 2024 DSE/annual report data). Authorized capital BDT 15,000 million per Banglapedia (2020); no update found in 2024-2025 disclosures. Network figures (branches 243, sub-branches 332, ATMs 8,250, agent outlets 5,620) from official DBBL homepage (dutchbanglabank.com, accessed May 2026). Employee count 8,965 per Wikipedia citing 2026 figure. Chairman Sadia Rayen Ahmed elected June 12, 2023 at the 267th Board meeting (per New Age BD, TBS News, MarketScreener reports); she succeeds Sayem Ahmed. MD/CEO Md. Ahteshamul Haque Khan effective February 7, 2026 per multiple press reports. CRAB rating AAA/ST-1 stable dated May 28, 2024 per CRAB official announcement. FY2025 financials: total assets BDT 817,797.57 million and equity BDT 60,070.49 million per investing.com (derived from DBBL disclosures); net profit BDT 9,647.68 million and CRAR 17.13% per DBBL PSI disclosure April 28, 2026 and press coverage. ROA (1.18%) and ROE (16.06%) derived from net profit divided by total assets and total equity respectively (FY2025). FY2025 deposits and gross loans were not found in accessible primary sources and are left null. For reference: FY2024 (ended Dec 31, 2024) deposits were BDT 521,872.5 million (10.4% YoY growth from 472,590.1 million) and gross loans/advances were BDT 428,689.4 million per 29th AGM press reports; CRAR was 13.83%; net profit was BDT 4,734.76 million; total assets BDT 679,875.5 million. NPL ratio: FY2023 NPL was reported at 4.14% by press analysis; FY2024 and FY2025 NPL ratios were not found in accessible primary sources. verification_status=partial: FY2025 deposits, loans, NPL, and CET1 ratio not confirmed from accessible primary sources; foreign ownership pct not confirmed.
Sources
- https://www.dutchbanglabank.com/
- https://www.dutchbanglabank.com/about-us/board.html
- https://app.dutchbanglabank.com/DBBLWeb/DbblManagement
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- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch-Bangla_Bank
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