Uttara Bank PLC. is one of the largest and oldest private sector commercial banks in Bangladesh.[4] There are 243 branches at home and 600 affiliates worldwide.[4] Azharul Islam, chairman of Aftab Group, is the chairman of Uttara Bank PLC.[5]
History
Uttara Bank PLC. (UBPLC) was established in 1965 with the head office located at Motijheel in Dhaka, East Pakistan as a scheduled bank of the Eastern Banking Corporation.[4] After the Independence of Bangladesh following the Bangladesh Liberation War, the bank was nationalized under Bangladesh Banks (Nationalisation) Order 1972 and renamed it Uttara Bank.[4]