BASIC Bank PLC

Verification status 'partial': core profile data (name, type, ownership, legal basis, HQ, mandate, branch/sub-branch counts, capital figures, chairman, MD/CEO) verified from 2+ primary sources. Financial data is partial: total_loans_bdt (Tk 12,481.8 crore, derived as Tk 8,811.36 crore / 0.7059) and npl_bdt (Tk 8,811.36 crore = BDT 88,113,600,000) sourced from New Age report citing Bangladesh Bank data as of September 2025; total_assets_bdt and total_deposits_bdt not found in any press source. December 2023 data from Financial Express (April 2024): total advances Tk 12,868 crore, NPL Tk 8,204 crore (63.76%); September 2025 data from New Age (BB source): NPL Tk 8,811.36 crore at 70.59%. The September 2025 NPL figure is used as most recent. Paid-up capital Tk 1,084.698 crore (BDT 10,846,980,000) and authorized capital Tk 5,500 crore (BDT 55,000,000,000) from corporate profile page. Branch count 72 and sub-branch count 32 from Financial Express April 2024 article (City Bank merger announcement). Employee count '2,000+' from corporate profile page; recorded as 2000 (floor estimate). Chairman Helal Ahmed Chowdhury: appointed 2024-11-17 per TBS and official bank news release; 3-year tenure per FID notification of 2024-10-31. MD/CEO Md. Quamruzzaman Khan: appointed October 2024 per jagonews24 and TBS (former DMD of Janata Bank); exact date not published, recorded as 2024-10-01. No credit rating found; BASIC Bank's severe NPL and capital shortfall preclude investment-grade rating. Not listed on DSE (confirmed via DSE sector-wise list; 100% government-owned). md_ceo_since is approximate (October 2024 per news reports; exact date not published). Scam background: Tk 2,265 crore embezzled 2009-2013 under Chairman Sheikh Abdul Hye Bachchu; 59 ACC cases; charge sheets June 2023; court-ordered reinvestigation as of February 2025; Bachchu at large under travel ban as of May 2026. CMSME NPL as at December 2025: Tk 6,168 crore out of Tk 8,839 crore (70%), cited from BB data in New Age. Activity evidence hold: removed 3 exact generated refresh event(s) on read. Generated scores, positions, activity actions and verification stamps are unavailable. Retained events and unmatched action text require source review; original raw records are unchanged. Financial fields matching legacy class defaults are unverified pending document review; a matching value alone does not establish that the original figure was false.