THE BANGLADESH

Details & Description

The Government established the Karmasangsthan Bank, in 1998, as per Act No. 7 of 1998 (Karmasangsthan Bank Act 1998) in order to provide employment opportunities to the country’s unemployed youths, alongside other initiatives by private and public sector specialised banks to create jobs. Despite certain limitations the Bank had since its inception, the officials and employees of all levels at the Bank have continued their sincere efforts to serve its declared purpose of supporting self-employment of the unemployed youths.

Unemployment is one of the major economic problems the country is faced with. A large number of people have remained unemployed, according to various estimates. So, it is not possible for the Government alone to create employment opportunities for this huge workforce. Still, the Government is pledge-bound to support self-employment of at least one member of each family to achieve socio-economic development of the country.

The Karmasangsthan Bank carried out loan disbursement programmes through 33 regional offices and 277 branches across the country in the past fiscal year, to contribute to the economic development by engaging the Bank further in fulfilling the Government’s pledge to address the problem of unemployment.

The Bank has an authorised capital of Tk 1000.00 crore, paid-up capital of Tk 559 crore, the Bank distributed an accumulated loan of Tk 12695.06 crore and recovered loans amounting to Tk 11141.11 crore. In the fiscal year 2022-2023, the Bank disbursed loans amounting to Tk 2358.98 crore and recovered an amount of Tk 12108.97 crore.

From these loan programs, as many as 943010 loan recipients were directly benefitted and a total of 3404266 people were directly and indirectly employed. The Bank has managed to keep the classified loans, alongside recoverable loans, at a tolerable level. The rate of classified loans is 2.72% percent and there is no shortfall in provision against the classified loans. Although profit-making was not the primary goal of the Bank, it has earned profit every year since it has continued to recover loans through close monitoring and kept the expenditures under control. In the 2022-2023 fiscal year, the Bank made profit of Tk 87.07 crore.

The Bank also paid the Government an aggregate amount of Tk 130.90 crore as tax till June 2023. It has maintained its reserve every year in order to consolidate its financial status and enhance capacity to bear liabilities. The amount of the reserve stood at Tk 120.96 crore. 

As on June 2023, the Bank has a manpower size of 1738 people.  As the manpower is considered to be the driving force of any institution, the Karmasangsthan Bank has established a training institute to improve efficiency of the officers.

Honesty, sincerity and ethics maintained by the workforce have resulted in success of the institution. The officials and employees of the Bank, though initially deprived of some financial benefits, are now entitled to all benefits and facilities that are comparable to other public sector banks. Such practice has raised the morale and enthusiasm among the Bank’s officials and employees and the Bank is making progress day by day.

There is an experienced Board of Directors to formulate policies of the Bank and the members of the Board, who are high officials of the Government, contribute to formulation of the policies and support smooth operations of the Bank. The advice, being given by the Board in the Bank’s policy formulation and business operation, is one of the major sources of success of the Bank.

The trends of the progress attained so far with the supports, cooperation and efforts from all, will continue in the future.

Phone: 01719960769

Email: pro@kb.gov.bd