Bangladesh Bank
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Department of Banking Inspection 3   gm.dbi3@bb.org.bd

Name & Designation Email Telephone Fax
Md. Khurshid AlamDeputy Governor
khurshid.alam@bb.org.bd
+88-02-9530705880-821-726145
Md. Hanif MiahExecutive Director
hanif.miah@bb.org.bd
880-2-9530416--
Asim Kumar ChowdhuryDirector (DBI-3)
asim.chowdhury@bb.org.bd
88-02-9589952223359951

Bangladesh Bank regulates and supervises the banking companies and financial institutions of the country vide Article 7A(f) of Bangladesh Bank Order, 1972 and Section 44 of the Bank Companies Act, 1991.

Department of Banking Inspection-3 supervises the activities of the following 11 Private Commercial Banks (PCBs):

01 AB Bank PLC. 02 Bengal Commercial Bank PLC. 03 Bank Asia Limited
04 Dutch-Bangla Bank PLC. 05 IFIC Bank PLC 06 National Credit & Commerce Bank PLC
07 NRBC Bank PLC 08 The Premier Bank PLC. 09 Prime Bank PLC
10 South Bangla Agriculture and Commerce Bank PLC 11 Uttara Bank PLC

This department examines the books of accounts and related documents/records of these banks on sample basis in order to ascertain their financial soundness, quality of portfolios, management efficiency and risk exposure so that their operations cannot be detrimental to depositors' interest and to the economy as a whole.

    This department conducts following types of inspections:
  • a) Comprehensive/Regular/Traditional Inspection
  • b) Core Risk Inspection, and
  • c) Special inspection.

a. Comprehensive Inspection
    Comprehensive inspections are conducted by this department as per inspection program prepared annually. Some key areas of comprehensive inspection are:
  • I. Evaluation of assets giving emphasis on classification and provisioning;
  • II. Assessment of regulatory capital requirement;
  • III. Verification of window-dressing relating to profit;
  • IV. Review of liquidity position;
  • V. Evaluation of loan operation;
  • VI. In-depth analysis of large loans and concentration of credit;
  • VII. Detection of fraud, forgery, and actions taken against thereof;
  • VIII. Evaluation of quality of corporate governance and customer services; and
  • IX. Compliance with various guidelines/instructions/circulars issued by Bangladesh Bank as well as other
    regulatory authorities (e.g. Ministry of Finance, National Board of Revenue, Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms, Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission, etc.).
b. Core Risk Inspection
    This department conducts risk based inspections covering following key risk areas:
  • I. Credit Risk Management (CRM);
  • II. Internal Control and Compliance (ICC);
  • III. Asset-Liability Management (ALM);
  • IV. Information and Communication Technology (ICT).
c. Special Inspection
Special inspections are carried out in addition to routine inspection programs as per requirements, ie: requirements from other
epartments (ie. BRPD, DOS etc.), instructions from higher authority etc.