public limited company industry banking financial services founded 1972 headquarters motijheel dhaka bangladesh area served bangladesh & overseas key people fazle kabir chairman mr. pradip kumar dutta managing director & ceo products finance and insurance consumer banking corporate banking investment banking investment management net income tk 2.73 billion us 33.7 million 2010 1 total assets tk 649.26 billion us 8.01 billion december 2010 1 number of employees 21 839 2 website sonalibank.com.bd sonali bank limited bengali is a state owned leading commercial bank in bangladesh . 3 it is the largest bank of the country . 4 5 contents 1 history 2 branches 3 references 4 external links history edit 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 liberation war . 6 when it was established sonali bank had a paid up capital of 30 million taka . in 2001 its authorised and paid up capital were tk 10 billion and tk 3.272 billion respectively . presently its authorised and paid up capital is tk 10 billion and tk 9 billion respectively the bank s reserve funds were tk 60 million in 1979 and tk 2.050 billion on 30 june 2000 . in 2013 250 000 was stolen from the bank by cyber criminals using the swift international payments network . 7 in 2016 the bank signed an memorandum of understanding with paypal . 8 branches edit sonali bank has a total of 1207 branches . out of them 343 are located in urban areas 862 in rural areas and 2 are located overseas . 9 it also operates the sonali exchange company inc. in usa and sonali bank uk ltd. united kingdom to facilitate foreign exchange remittances . sonali bank uk remits up to 14 destinations across bangladesh directly these include dhaka chittagong sylhet moulvibazar beanibazar balaganj biswanath jagannathpur sunamganj golapganj nabigonj habigonj kulaura or tajpur . there are currently three branches in the uk one located in osborn street london another in small heath ; birmingham and in manchester . references edit a b sonali bank limited balance sheet . sonali bank ltd. http www.sonalibank.com.bd profile.php overview of the bank . sonali bank limited . 2005 . archived from the original on 3 july 2007 . retrieved 14 july 2007 . sonali bank limited the largest & leading commercial bank of the country ... corporatisation not a panacea for ncbs problems . the financial express . 19 june 2007 . retrieved 14 july 2007 . for example sonali bank limited the largest bank in the country ... bangladeshi bank allowed back in britain . bbc . 29 november 2001 . retrieved 14 july 2007 . bangladesh s largest commercial bank the sonali bank ... sonali bank limited banglapedia . en.banglapedia.org . retrieved 2016 07 28 . bangladesh probes 2013 sonali bank hack for links to central bank heist . bdnews24.com . retrieved 2016 07 28 . nesa alo jebun . sonali bank signs mou with paypal . www.dhakatribune.com . dhaka tribune . retrieved 2016 07 28 . http www.sonalibank.com.bd overview.php external links edit official website v t e list of banks in bangladesh central bank bangladesh bank state owned commercial banks agrani bank sonali bank rupali bank janata bank private commercial banks ab bank bangladesh commerce bank limited bank asia limited brac bank limited dhaka bank limited dutch bangla bank limited eastern bank limited farmers bank limited ific bank limited jamuna bank limited meghna bank limited mercantile bank limited midland bank limited modhumoti bank limited mutual trust bank limited national bank limited ncc bank limited nrb bank limited nrb commercial bank limited nrb global bank ltd one bank limited prime bank limited pubali bank limited south bangla agriculture and commerce bank ltd southeast bank limited standard bank limited the city bank the premier bank limited trust bank limited united commercial bank ltd uttara bank limited islamic commercial banks al arafah islami bank limited export import bank of bangladesh limited first security islami bank limited icb islamic bank islami bank bangladesh ltd shahjalal islami bank limited social islami bank limited union bank limited foreign commercial banks bank alfalah citibank na commercial bank of ceylon habib bank limited hsbc national bank of pakistan standard chartered bank state bank of india woori bank specialized banks bangladesh krishi bank rajshahi krishi unnayan bank bangladesh development bank ltd basic bank limited probashi kallyan bank retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sonali bank & oldid 735960987 categories banks established in 1972banks of bangladeshhidden categories engvarb from january 2014use dmy dates from january 2014articles containing bengali language text navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran aisbahasa indonesia edit links this page was last modified on 24 august 2016 at 07 03 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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