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Rupali Bank PLC faces severe financial distress, including significant quarterly net losses, mounting non-performing loans, and an urgent need for capital injection.
The Board of Directors rescheduled the 40th Annual General Meeting to July 19, 2026, in a hybrid format.
Rupali Bank inaugurated a new ATM booth at the Officers' Club on Bailey Road, Dhaka.
The bank held its Innovation Showcase 2025-26 and recognized RupaliCash as the best innovative initiative.
Rupali Bank signed a partnership agreement with Nagad to facilitate faster remittance disbursement.
Rupali Bank was formed on 26 March 1972 by merging three pre-existing commercial banks: Muslim Commercial Bank Ltd., Australasia Bank Ltd., and Standard Bank Ltd., under President's Order No. 26 of 1972. It was denationalised and converted to a public limited company on 14 December 1986, with the government retaining majority ownership (90.19% government shareholding as of 2024; 9.81% held by institutions and the public). The bank was listed on the Dhaka Stock Exchange. It was renamed from Rupali Bank Limited to Rupali Bank PLC on 14 December 2023 to comply with the Companies Act. Headquarters: 34 Dilkusha Commercial Area, Dhaka. Subsidiaries: Rupali Bank Securities Limited and Rupali Investment Limited. Staff count: Banglapedia records 5,935 (4,257 officers + 1,678 staff) as of 2020; Wikipedia cites 6,000+; staff_count set to 6,000 as a conservative estimate from the most recent secondary sources -- no verified post-2021 headcount found in primary sources. Branch count: 586-587 domestic branches per Wikipedia and multiple news sources (2024-2025 data); Banglapedia records 583 as of 2020. annual_budget_bdt set to null: Rupali Bank is a commercial SOC bank -- its 'budget' is operationally its loan and deposit portfolio, not a government-appropriated budget line; no FID budget allocation figure found in primary sources. NPL trajectory (verified across multiple primary sources): end-2023: ~Tk 17,122 crore; end-2024: Tk 21,357 crore (41.6%); June 2025: Tk 22,180 crore (44%); September 2025: Tk 23,712 crore (51%). Capital shortfall: end-2024 approximately Tk 5,100 crore; worsened to Tk 5,655 crore by September 2025 (per TBS cross-referenced figures); capital adequacy ratio 2.86% vs 12.5% Basel-III minimum. The Tk 23,240 crore capital shortfall figure cited in some sources appears to refer to Agrani Bank, not Rupali; Rupali's verified shortfall range is Tk 4,470-5,655 crore across 2025 reporting periods. Forced loans of $1.87 billion as of end-2025 (published April 22, 2026, TBS and Banking Gurukul): these are off-balance-sheet contingent liabilities arising from unrecovered export-related and LC-backed credit exposures, distinct from classified NPLs -- both represent deterioration but are counted separately. Bill-of-entry gap of $2.20 billion: BB inspection found Rupali paid foreign banks for imports without receiving goods-entry confirmation; the bank's own clarification attributes ~95% to BPC imports, a government entity with different procurement norms, but BB's money-laundering risk warning remains on record. Chairman Md. Nazrul Huda (former BB Deputy Governor, appointed August 14, 2024, three-year term) was appointed by the interim government. MD Kazi Md. Wahidul Islam (FID notification December 12, 2024, joined December 24, 2024, three-year term) was appointed by the interim government. Both remained in post under the BNP government sworn in February 17, 2026 -- no replacement announced as of May 17, 2026. The Saiful Islam board appointment (April 27, 2026) is the first governance change under the BNP government at Rupali Bank.