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BASIC Bank PLC

Soe

State-owned commercial bank mandated to finance small and cottage industries; 50% of loanable funds must be invested in the small and cottage industries sector under its Memorandum and Articles of Association; also provides full commercial banking services.

Financial performance FY2022

Net result
Tk -127 cr (loss)

Net loss of Tk127cr in 2022 (precise figure from news). Loss reportedly widened to more than Tk200cr in 2023 (exact figure not verified, left out of net_profit_cr to avoid a wrong number). BASIC was again among 17 banks failing to post net profit in 2024 per Bangladesh Bank; deposits fell ~8% in 2024. Used 2022 as the most recent precisely verifiable net result.

Source: state-owned enterprise financial reporting. All SOEs →

Indicators

Tracked, awaiting data (6): banking_npl_ratio_pct, bb_inflation_cpi, fx_gross_reserves_usd_billion, soe_government_subsidies_crore_bdt, soe_net_profit_loss_crore_bdt, soe_operating_revenue_crore_bdt

Sovereign Media & Investigative Coverage

6 verified reports

Authentic policy, governance, and institutional reports from BDPolicyLab's 108k sovereign news corpus.

22 banks, including four state-owned ones, face losses ↗ 2026-10-05

Parliamentary committee report

Fiscal Monetary Mention: BASIC (1x) · By Special Correspondent
৯ ব্যাংক ও ২ আর্থিক প্রতিষ্ঠানে ৯০৩ পদ, ২২,০০০ টাকা স্কেলে চাকরি পেতে করুন আবেদন ↗ 2026-06-19
Education Health Mention: বেসিক ব্যাংক পিএলসি (1x) · By নিজস্ব প্রতিবেদক
A journalist's commitment to truth in the times of lies ↗ 2026-03-30

Book review

Fiscal Monetary Mention: BASIC (1x) · By Ayesha Kabir
How did Benazir and family leave the county unseen? ↗ 2024-06-03
Transport Infrastructure Mention: BASIC (5x) · By Rajib Ahmed
‘Tk 1,000 defaulter lands in jail, but Tk 100b defaulter stays by govt’ ↗ 2024-05-02
Fiscal Monetary Mention: BASIC (2x) · By Staff Correspondent
Roundtable: Scammed loans should be separated from defaults ↗ 2024-01-20
Fiscal Monetary Mention: BASIC (1x) · By Staff Correspondent