The Bank was started in 2010 by the Government of Bangladesh to provide financial services to oversea Bangladeshis.[4] It had a start up capital of 1 billion taka. 95 percent of the capital came from Wage Earners' Welfare Fund and five percent from the government of Bangladesh.[5]
On 11 September 2016, Md Wahiduzzaman Khandaker was appointed Managing Director of Probashi Kallyan Bank.[6]
The bank has faced allegations of corruption and nepotism.[7] The bank also faced manpower shortages in 2020 harming daily operations of the bank.[8]
Expatriates' Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad is March 2021 announced plans to establish branches of the bank in every Upazlia in Bangladesh.[9] In August 2021, Probashi Kallyan Bank signed an agreement with NCC Bank to cooperate in remittance disbursement.[10]
Probashi Kallyan Bank established a currency exchange booth at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in June 2022.[11] In September 2022, Md Mazibur Rahman was appointed Managing Director of Probashi Kallyan Bank.[12][13] The previous Managing Director of the Bank, Md Zahidul Haque, was appointed Managing Director of Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank.[14]
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^"Make getting loans easy for overseas job-seekers: PM". The Business Standard. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
^"Coming Back Home". The Daily Star. 30 January 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
^"International labour migration". The Daily Star. 5 February 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
^"New chief for Probashi Kallyan Bank". The Daily Star. 11 September 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
^"Nepotism widespread in Probashi Kallyan Bank". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
^Mahmud, Jamil (21 November 2020). "Probashi Kallyan Bank: Crippled by manpower shortage". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
^"Plan to establish branches of Probashi Kallyan Bank in each upazila: Expatriates' welfare minister". The Daily Star. 24 March 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
^"Probashi Kallyan Bank signs deal with NCC Bank for remittance disbursement". The Daily Star. 16 August 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
^"Probashi Kallyan Bank sets up forex booth at Dhaka airport". The Daily Star. 11 June 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
^"Probashi Kallyan Bank gets new MD". The Daily Star. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
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^"Zahidul joins RAKUB as MD". New Age. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
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