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  "ar": "يونيون بنك بنغلاديش",
  "en": "Union Bank (Bangladesh)",
  "ur": "یونین بینک بنگلہ دیش"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "بنك إسلامي خاص بنغلاديشي من الجيل الرابع، أُسس في 7 مارس 2013 متوافقا مع الشريعة ومدرج في بورصة دكا؛ كشفت مراجعات البنك المركزي سنتي 2022 و2024 ارتفاع قروضه المتعثرة، وصار تحت إشرافه.",
  "en": "A fourth-generation private Islamic bank in Bangladesh, established on 7 March 2013 as a sharia-compliant bank and listed on the Dhaka Stock Exchange; central-bank inspections in 2022 and 2024 found a sharp rise in bad loans, and it came under central-bank supervision.",
  "ur": "بنگلہ دیش کا چوتھی نسل کا نجی اسلامی بینک، جو 7 مارچ 2013 کو شریعت کے مطابق قائم ہوا اور ڈھاکہ اسٹاک ایکسچینج میں درج ہے؛ 2022 اور 2024 میں مرکزی بینک کی جانچ میں خراب قرضوں میں تیز اضافہ سامنے آیا۔"
 },
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  "south-asia"
 ],
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 "tags": [],
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  "halal-economy"
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   "finance"
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  "founded": {
   "edtf": "2013-03-07",
   "hijri": "1434-04-25",
   "calendar": "gregorian",
   "precision": "day",
   "status": "historical",
   "derived": true,
   "note": "Established 7 March 2013 as a sharia-compliant bank (the bank's about page, cited by the article). The Hijri date is converter-derived (Umm al-Qura).",
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    "source/wikipedia-union-bank-bangladesh-en"
   ]
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  "made": {
   "by_muslims": true,
   "basis": "documented",
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   "wikidata": "Q30135181"
  },
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  "status": {
   "review": "published",
   "completeness": 3,
   "generated_by": "Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)"
  },
  "status_business": "active",
  "location": {
   "place": "place/dhaka",
   "serves": [
    "bd"
   ]
  },
  "links": {
   "official": "https://www.unionbank.com.bd"
  },
  "footprint": {
   "wikipedia": {
    "languages": [
     "bn",
     "en"
    ],
    "checked": "2026-11-07",
    "sources": [
     "source/wikipedia-union-bank-bangladesh-en"
    ]
   },
   "wikidata": "Q30135181"
  },
  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "English Wikipedia \"Union Bank (Bangladesh)\" (revision 1369334151, 14 August 2026), read in Chrome on the founder's Mac on 7 November 2026; Wikidata sitelinks read the same day; the vault discrepancy and the loan reports are told with the bank's explanations, as the cited press reports them",
   "generated_by": "Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)",
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   "run": "modern-enterprise-b07"
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 "prose": {
  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "يونيون بنك بنك إسلامي خاص من الجيل الرابع في بنغلاديش، مدرج في بورصة دكا. {cite:wikipedia-union-bank-bangladesh-en} أُسس في 7 مارس 2013 بنكا متوافقا مع الشريعة. {cite:wikipedia-union-bank-bangladesh-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "الصلة بمجموعة إس عالم",
     "markdown": "في يناير 2017 عيّن بنك إسلامي بنغلاديش مديره العام السابق مديرا عاما له، في وقت كانت شركات مقربة من مجموعة إس عالم تشتري حصصا فيه؛ وكان رئيس يونيون بنك يومها مديرا في المجموعة وشقيق رئيسها. {cite:wikipedia-union-bank-bangladesh-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "الطرح العام والتفتيش",
     "markdown": "وافقت هيئة الأوراق المالية في سبتمبر 2021 على طرحه العام الأولي، وكان أكبر طرح مصرفي في تاريخ البلاد. {cite:wikipedia-union-bank-bangladesh-en} وفي الشهر نفسه وجد تفتيش للبنك المركزي أن البنك بالغ في تقدير النقد في خزنة فرع غولشان بنحو 190 مليون تاكا، وقال نائب مديره العام إن المال سُلّم إلى «عميل مهم» بعد ساعات العمل، وأوقف البنك ثلاثة موظفين. {cite:wikipedia-union-bank-bangladesh-en} وفي يونيو 2022 وجد تحقيق للبنك المركزي، بحسب صحيفة «بروثوم آلو»، أن معظم قروضه ذهبت إلى نحو 300 شركة لا وجود لها إلا على الورق. {cite:wikipedia-union-bank-bangladesh-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "الحسابات المعدّلة",
     "markdown": "أظهر تقريره المالي المعدّل لسنة 2023 خسارة قدرها 2.92 مليار تاكا بدل الربح المعلن سابقا، فأُلغيت التوزيعات النقدية، وقالت الإدارة إن الإدارة السابقة لم تقدم معلومات دقيقة. {cite:wikipedia-union-bank-bangladesh-en} ووجد البنك المركزي أن قروضه المتعثرة بلغت نحو 87% بحلول 2024، وصار البنك تحت إشرافه ويشارك في مسار دمج مع بنوك إسلامية أخرى. {cite:wikipedia-union-bank-bangladesh-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "المراجع",
     "markdown": "- ويكيبيديا الإنجليزية، «Union Bank (Bangladesh)»، المراجعة 1369334151. {cite:wikipedia-union-bank-bangladesh-en}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "listing/union-bank-bangladesh",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   },
   "updated": "2026-11-07"
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Summary",
     "markdown": "Union Bank PLC is a fourth-generation private Islamic bank in Bangladesh, listed on the Dhaka Stock Exchange. {cite:wikipedia-union-bank-bangladesh-en} It was established on 7 March 2013 as a sharia-compliant bank. {cite:wikipedia-union-bank-bangladesh-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "The S. Alam Group link",
     "markdown": "In January 2017 Islami Bank Bangladesh appointed Union Bank's former managing director as its own, at a time when companies aligned with S. Alam Group were buying stakes in it; Union Bank's chairman was then a director of the group and the brother of its chairman. {cite:wikipedia-union-bank-bangladesh-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "IPO and inspection",
     "markdown": "In September 2021 the securities regulator approved its IPO, the largest for the country's banking sector. {cite:wikipedia-union-bank-bangladesh-en} That month a central-bank inspection found it had overstated the cash in its Gulshan branch vault by about 190 million taka; a deputy managing director said the money had been given to a \"VIP client\" after hours, and the bank suspended three officials. {cite:wikipedia-union-bank-bangladesh-en} In June 2022, according to Prothom Alo, a central-bank investigation found that most of its loans had gone to some 300 companies existing only on paper. {cite:wikipedia-union-bank-bangladesh-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Revised accounts",
     "markdown": "Its revised 2023 report showed a loss of 2.92 billion taka instead of the profit declared earlier, the cash dividend was cancelled, and management said the previous administration had not provided accurate information. {cite:wikipedia-union-bank-bangladesh-en} The central bank found its non-performing loans had reached about 87% by 2024; it is under central-bank supervision and part of a merger process with other Islamic banks. {cite:wikipedia-union-bank-bangladesh-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "References",
     "markdown": "- English Wikipedia, \"Union Bank (Bangladesh)\", revision 1369334151. {cite:wikipedia-union-bank-bangladesh-en}"
    }
   ],
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    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   },
   "updated": "2026-11-07"
  },
  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "یونین بینک بنگلہ دیش کا نجی اسلامی بینک ہے، جو 7 مارچ 2013 کو شریعت کے مطابق قائم ہوا؛ 2024 تک اس کے خراب قرضے تقریباً 87 فیصد ہو گئے اور یہ مرکزی بینک کی نگرانی میں ہے۔ {cite:wikipedia-union-bank-bangladesh-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "حوالہ جات",
     "markdown": "- انگریزی ویکیپیڈیا، «Union Bank (Bangladesh)»، نظرِ ثانی 1369334151۔ {cite:wikipedia-union-bank-bangladesh-en}"
    }
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  "concept/al-bunuk-al-islamiyya",
  "listing/adib",
  "listing/al-rajhi",
  "listing/alinma",
  "listing/bank-albilad",
  "listing/dib",
  "listing/dukhan-bank",
  "listing/emirates-islamic"
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