A major inconsistency has emerged between the information presented by Home Minister Salauddin Ahmed in the National Parliament and Islami Bank’s official financial report regarding the bank’s Rural Development Scheme (RDS). The minister claimed that Tk 22,000 crore had been distributed under the project, with a significant portion unaccounted for. However, Islami Bank’s latest annual report shows that the total outstanding loans under the RDS project are less than one-third of the minister’s figure.
According to the 2025 annual report, the total outstanding RDS loans stood at Tk 6,789 crore at the end of 2025, compared to Tk 6,712 crore in 2024, marking an increase of only Tk 77 crore or 1.14 percent. The report also indicates that most of the loans are being repaid, with only Tk 232 crore classified as non-performing. The recovery rate was 97.50 percent at the end of 2025, slightly down from 98.49 percent in 2024.
Since its inception, the RDS project has provided loans to 1.775 million families across 35,352 villages in Bangladesh, according to the bank’s report.
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