RDRS Bangladesh
Profile
- Chief executive
- Manik Murmu
- Founded
- 1972
- Regulator
- NGO Affairs Bureau
- MRA-licensed
- n/a
- Active members
- n/a
- Loan portfolio
- n/a
- Staff
- n/a
- Coverage
- 16 districts (northwest Bangladesh and selected others)
Deepening micro-enterprise financing, primary healthcare access, and disaster risk financing across vulnerable upazilas.
Recent activity
- 2026-06-25 regulatory RDRS 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
Established 8 February 1972 with support of the Geneva-based Lutheran World Federation; localised and registered as a national NGO under the Trust Act in 1997. Head office in Uttara, Dhaka. Mohammad Enamul Kabir is the current Executive Director (LinkedIn). Banglapedia cites ~411,246 families / ~1.9 million people served and an annual budget of US$18-20 million, and ~155 branch offices across ~55 upazilas; these are not converted to BDT or treated as MFI member/portfolio fields and the exact current-year figures are not confirmed, so those numeric fields are left null. Coverage of 16 districts per Devex. mra_licensed left null: RDRS runs microfinance but MRA licence status was not confirmed on the consulted sources. [2026-06-08 audit correction] CEO corrected Mohammad Enamul Kabir -> Manik Murmu (2025 org chart; Kabir is a former Executive Director).