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During the liberation war of Bangladesh in 1971, Maj. Gen. M. A. Rab (then lieutenant Colonel) was the Chief of Staff of the Bangladesh Army under the combined command of Bangladesh Forces which served as the origins of Bangladesh Armed Forces and General M. A. G. Osmani was the Commander-in-Chief. [4]
The organization started in 1953 as the Fauji Foundation when Bangladesh was a province of Pakistan. [2] After the independence of Bangladesh , it was renamed to Sena Kalyan Sangstha in 1972. [ 2 ] Before shifting the head office to Mohakhali , it was headquartered in Motijheel in a 23-storey building named Sena Kalyan Bhaban .
DGFI has been involved in money laundering and corrupt practices through military-controlled Trust bank and VDP banks. [28] In 2012, Defense Adviser Major General (retired) Tarique Ahmed Siddique was involved in bribery of 70 lakh Bangladeshi currency carried by a government vehicle. [29] The Border Guard Bangladesh confiscated the car with the ...
In 2016, the Bangladesh Bank confirmed the unit has been made autonomous. [7] In September 2021, the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit sent letters to banks requesting the bank details of 11 elected journalist leaders from Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists, Dhaka Reporters Unity, Dhaka Union of Journalists, and the National Press Club.
Sonali Bank was established in 1972 under the Bangladesh Banks (Nationalisation) Order, through the amalgamation and nationalisation of the branches of National Bank of Pakistan, Bank of Bahawalpur, and Premier Bank branches located in East Pakistan until the 1971 Bangladesh War of Independence. [10]
The Bank opened a merchant banking wing in 2009. [7] In 2020, the consolidated net profit for the bank was 650 million taka. [8] On 2 August 2022, Trust Bank held its the 23rd Annual General Meeting online chaired by the vice-chairman of the bank, Major General Md Moshfequr Rahman. [9] The meeting approved a 22.5 dividend for the year. [9]
He served as the 10th Governor of Bangladesh Bank, the central bank of Bangladesh. He has been called "the banker of the poor" for his contributions in developing the Bangladeshi economy. [ 3 ] Rahman is credited with instituting changes in the banking industry that greatly increased the country's foreign exchange reserves and brought ...
Md. Afzal Karim is a Bangladeshi banker and former managing director of Sonali Bank Limited. [1] [2] Sonali Bank is the largest state owned bank in Bangladesh. [3] He is the former managing director of Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation. [4] He was the chairperson of the executive committee of Bangladesh Foreign Exchange Dealers ...