S Alam

S Alam entities have Tk 26,000cr in six banks

Some entities of the much-talked-about S Alam Group and some family members of the group’s founder Mohammed Saiful Alam have around Tk 26,000 crore in six banks, said insiders, citing data sent by the banks to the National Board of Revenue (NBR).

S Alam Group took over half of Islami Bank’s total loans, says new IBBL chairman

Chattogram-based conglomerate S Alam Group has taken more than half of the total loans disbursed by Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd (IBBL), according to the bank’s newly appointed Chairman Md Obayed Ullah Al Masud

SIBL's former chairman Belal, managing director Zafar sued for attack on an employee 

Belal Ahmed, the former chairman of Social Islami Bank Ltd (SIBL), and Zafar Alam, managing director, have been sued for allegedly attacking a bank employee

BNP leader Salahuddin apologises for ‘inadvertently’ using S Alam’s vehicle

"I apologise if I hurt the feeling and sentiment of the country’s people with my oversight and unintended mistake,” he said..

Islami Bank loan scam: S Alam aide arrested in Chattogram

Security officials at Chattogram Shah Amanat International Airport today detained a man said to be a close aide of the controversial business group S Alam, in connection with the Islami Bank loan scam. He was taken from a Dubai-bound flight.Md Ansarul Alam Chowdhury, managing director of Inheren

Now First Security Islami Bank freed from S Alam Group

S Alam Group's control over First Security Islami Bank Ltd (FSIBL) ended today after the Bangladesh Bank reconstituted the board of the Shariah-based bank, which was heavily dominated by individuals linked to the Chattogram-based conglomerate..The central bank dissolved the previous 11-mem

S Alam, family barred from selling bank shares

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) today barred Mohammed Saiful Alam, founder of Chattogram-based conglomerate S Alam Group, his family members and companies they own from transferring and selling their shares in six banks.

BB restricts lending activities of six S Alam-linked banks

The banks are: Islami Bank Bangladesh, First Security Islami Bank, Social Islami Bank, Union Bank, Global Islami Bank, and Bangladesh Commerce Bank

Loans from Janata, NBL: S Alam, Nassa got Tk 2,544cr waiver in breach of rules

Chattogram-based conglomerate S Alam Group and garment manufacturer Nassa Group were given interest waivers amounting to Tk 2,544 crore bypassing banking rules, in a testament to the outsize influence oligarchs had on the banking sector during the Awami League-led government of the past 15 years.

September 9, 2024
September 9, 2024

S Alam entities have Tk 26,000cr in six banks

Some entities of the much-talked-about S Alam Group and some family members of the group’s founder Mohammed Saiful Alam have around Tk 26,000 crore in six banks, said insiders, citing data sent by the banks to the National Board of Revenue (NBR).

September 5, 2024
September 5, 2024

S Alam Group took over half of Islami Bank’s total loans, says new IBBL chairman

Chattogram-based conglomerate S Alam Group has taken more than half of the total loans disbursed by Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd (IBBL), according to the bank’s newly appointed Chairman Md Obayed Ullah Al Masud

September 4, 2024
September 4, 2024

SIBL's former chairman Belal, managing director Zafar sued for attack on an employee 

Belal Ahmed, the former chairman of Social Islami Bank Ltd (SIBL), and Zafar Alam, managing director, have been sued for allegedly attacking a bank employee

September 2, 2024
September 2, 2024

BNP leader Salahuddin apologises for ‘inadvertently’ using S Alam’s vehicle

"I apologise if I hurt the feeling and sentiment of the country’s people with my oversight and unintended mistake,” he said..

September 2, 2024
September 2, 2024

Islami Bank loan scam: S Alam aide arrested in Chattogram

Security officials at Chattogram Shah Amanat International Airport today detained a man said to be a close aide of the controversial business group S Alam, in connection with the Islami Bank loan scam. He was taken from a Dubai-bound flight.Md Ansarul Alam Chowdhury, managing director of Inheren

September 1, 2024
September 1, 2024

Now First Security Islami Bank freed from S Alam Group

S Alam Group's control over First Security Islami Bank Ltd (FSIBL) ended today after the Bangladesh Bank reconstituted the board of the Shariah-based bank, which was heavily dominated by individuals linked to the Chattogram-based conglomerate..The central bank dissolved the previous 11-mem

August 20, 2024
August 20, 2024

S Alam, family barred from selling bank shares

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) today barred Mohammed Saiful Alam, founder of Chattogram-based conglomerate S Alam Group, his family members and companies they own from transferring and selling their shares in six banks.

August 19, 2024
August 19, 2024

BB restricts lending activities of six S Alam-linked banks

The banks are: Islami Bank Bangladesh, First Security Islami Bank, Social Islami Bank, Union Bank, Global Islami Bank, and Bangladesh Commerce Bank

August 16, 2024
August 16, 2024

Loans from Janata, NBL: S Alam, Nassa got Tk 2,544cr waiver in breach of rules

Chattogram-based conglomerate S Alam Group and garment manufacturer Nassa Group were given interest waivers amounting to Tk 2,544 crore bypassing banking rules, in a testament to the outsize influence oligarchs had on the banking sector during the Awami League-led government of the past 15 years.

August 15, 2024
August 15, 2024

NBR seeks bank details of S Alam, his family members

The tax zone 15 of the tax administrator sent letters to 91 banks and financial institutions

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