Abstract
In a developing country like Bangladesh the banking system as a whole play a vital role in the progress of economic development. In this paper we have tried to analyze the development and growth of Selected Private Commercial Banks of Bangladesh. It is observed that all the selected private commercial banks are able to achieve a stable growth of branches, employees, deposits, loans and advances, net income, earnings per share during the period of 2002-2006. Seven trend equations have been tested for different activities of the private commercial banks. Among them the trend value of branches, employees, deposits and net income are positive incase of all the selected banks. Square of correlation coefficient (r2) has also been tested for all trend equations. The r2 of branches, deposits and net income is more than 0.5. It indicates the prospect of private commercial banks in Bangladesh is very bright.
Highlights
It is reflected from the table that almost every year’s loan and advances of selected private commercial banks of Bangladesh has increased from the previous year
6.6 Growth of Net Income of Selected Private Commercial Banks. It is observed from the table: 6 that the net income of Dhaka Bank Ltd. (DBL), DBBL, National Bank Ltd. (NBL) and Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) has almost increased from the previous year during 2003 to 2006
The journey of Private commercial banks has started in Bangladesh in the year 1982-1983
Summary
1.1 Banking Scenario in Bangladesh Banking system plays a very important role in the economic life of the nation. In a developing country like Bangladesh the banking system as a whole play a vital role in the progress of economic development. Banks invest the money they get in industry, agriculture and trade. They either invest it directly or advance loans to other investors. Whether we export or import, it is through banks that money is transferred from one country to another. A number of recent studies, indicate that the banking sector plays a more important role than it was believed earlier (World Bank, 1996; Almeyda) In Bangladesh Sonali Bank is the largest among the Nationalized Commercial Banks (NCBs) while Pubali is leading in the private ones. In Bangladesh the number of total branches of all scheduled banks is 6,038 as of June 2000. Of the branches NCBs hold 3,616, private commercial banks 1,214, foreign banks 31 and specialized banks 1,177
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