BURO Bangladesh
microfinance · Dhaka
· verified (record reviewed 2026-09-14)
Profile
- Chief executive
- Zakir Hossain
- Founded
- 1990
- Regulator
- multiple
- MRA-licensed
- yes
- Active members
- 3228000
- Loan portfolio
- ৳166,240,000,000
- Staff
- n/a
- Coverage
- nationwide; 64 districts, 482 upazilas, 41,000+ villages
Deepening micro-enterprise financing, primary healthcare access, and disaster risk financing across vulnerable upazilas.
Recent activity
- 2026-06-25 regulatory BURO Bangladesh filed annual operational and financial compliance reporting with Microcredit Regulatory Authority (MRA). ↗
- 2026-07-16 programme_launch Expanded ultra-poor graduation and women entrepreneur microcredit credit facility across rural districts. ↗
- 2026-08-11 expansion Inaugurated community climate resilience and primary healthcare outreach centers. ↗
Provenance & notes
BURO Bangladesh, established 1990 (originally BURO Tangail) by founder ED Zakir Hossain, the country's third-largest NGO-MFI. Registered with NGO Affairs Bureau (no. 610, 1992) and MRA-licensed (no. 00004-00394-00288, 2008), hence regulator='multiple'. Figures from the official 'About BURO' page: 3.228M+ active customers (used for active_members; 2.678M+ active borrowers), gross loan portfolio BDT 166.24 billion+, savings portfolio BDT 57.09 billion+, 1,576 branch offices; staff count not stated on that page (older sources cite ~6,000 but not current/dated, so left null). HQ at Gulshan-2, Dhaka.