# Sonali Bank PLC > Publicly sourced profile assembled by Optimly, in the Brand Index. Last refreshed 2026-11-07. - **Brand record:** https://optimly.ai/brand/sonali-bank-plc - **Dataset:** https://optimly.ai/brand/sonali-bank-plc.json - **Markdown:** https://optimly.ai/brand/sonali-bank-plc/llms.txt - **Official website:** https://sonalibank.com.bd - **Slug:** sonali-bank-plc - **Categories:** fintech-financial-services ## Overview - **Tagline:** Sonali Bank PLC is a 100% government-owned public limited commercial bank in Bangladesh offering retail, corporate, SME, rural, Islamic, digital, international banking and remittance services. Source: Brand's website (https://sonalibank.com.bd) · 2026-11-07 - **Description:** Sonali Bank PLC is Bangladesh’s largest state-owned commercial bank. It emerged as a nationalized commercial bank in 1972 and became a public limited company with 100% government ownership in 2007. The bank provides banking, financing, government treasury, payment, remittance and financial inclusion services through local and international branches, subsidiaries and representative offices. Source: Brand's website (https://sonalibank.com.bd) · 2026-11-07 ## Identity - **Mission:** Its vision is to lead the country’s socio-economic development through efficient, inclusive, modern technology-driven, creative and accountable banking services. Its mission emphasizes institutional efficiency, transparency, accountability, integrity, good governance, proper resource use, improved living standards and national economic and social development. Source: Brand's website (https://sonalibank.com.bd) · 2026-11-07 - **Founders & leadership:** Muhammed Mahbubur Rahman is Chairman (Current Charge). Md. Shawkat Ali Khan is Managing Director. The Board of Directors includes representatives from Bangladesh’s Financial Institutions Division, banking, business and professional sectors. Source: Brand's website (https://sonalibank.com.bd) · 2026-11-07 - **Website:** https://sonalibank.com.bd Source: Brand's website (https://sonalibank.com.bd) · 2026-11-07 - **Voice & tone:** Trustworthy, smart, modern, inclusive and institutionally accountable; the stated slogan is “Trusted and Smart.” Source: Brand's website (https://sonalibank.com.bd) · 2026-11-07 - **Founded:** 1972 as a nationalized commercial bank; incorporated as Sonali Bank Limited on 3 June 2007 and began operating as a company on 15 November 2007. Source: Brand's website (https://sonalibank.com.bd) · 2026-11-07 - **Headquarters:** 35-42, 44 Motijheel Commercial Area, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Source: Brand's website (https://sonalibank.com.bd) · 2026-11-07 - **Parent ownership:** 100% owned by the Government of Bangladesh. Source: Brand's website (https://sonalibank.com.bd) · 2026-11-07 ## Offerings - **Problem solved:** Provides accessible banking and financial services for individuals, businesses, government institutions and communities, including savings, lending, payments, remittances, government collections and disbursements, financial inclusion, and rural and socio-economic development support. Source: Brand's website (https://sonalibank.com.bd) · 2026-11-07 - **Core capabilities:** - Deposit and savings schemes - Personal, rural, microcredit, SME, CMSME and industrial lending - Corporate and internet banking - Digital payment gateway, mobile apps, e-wallet and eSheba services - Online bill payment and government challan services - Card, ATM, SMS and agent banking services - International banking and foreign currency accounts - Islamic banking services and Hajj savings Source: Brand's website (https://sonalibank.com.bd) · 2026-11-07 - **Products / SKUs:** - Deposit Schemes - Digital Nano Loan - Personal Loan - Rural Credit - Micro Credit - SME Banking - CMSME Loan - UDYOG Scheme Source: Brand's website (https://sonalibank.com.bd) · 2026-11-07 ## Audience - **Target industry:** Banking and financial services, including retail banking, commercial banking, government banking, SME finance, rural finance, Islamic banking, international banking and remittances. Source: Brand's website (https://sonalibank.com.bd) · 2026-11-07 - **Customer base:** The bank serves the general public, retail customers, government and non-government employees, businesses, SMEs, rural communities, students, educational and public institutions, remittance recipients, and government agencies. Its website states that it has approximately 2.4 crore customer accounts. Source: Brand's website (https://sonalibank.com.bd) · 2026-11-07 - **Ideal customer profile:** Individuals and households needing deposits, loans, payments or remittances; businesses and SMEs needing financing and banking services; rural communities; government and educational institutions; overseas Bangladeshis and remittance recipients; and organizations requiring corporate, international or government banking services. Source: Brand's website (https://sonalibank.com.bd) · 2026-11-07 - **Use cases:** - Opening and managing deposit and savings accounts - Obtaining personal, rural, microcredit, SME, CMSME and industrial loans - Corporate internet banking and digital payments - Paying bills, government challans, travel tax, fees and other online charges - Sending and receiving domestic and international remittances - Using cards, ATMs, SMS banking, agent banking and mobile apps - Managing foreign currency, international trade and offshore banking transactions - Accessing Islamic banking windows and Hajj savings Source: Brand's website (https://sonalibank.com.bd) · 2026-11-07 - **Customer outcomes:** - Access to banking services through a broad domestic and international branch network - Access to savings, credit and financing for individuals, businesses, agriculture and industry - Convenient digital payment, mobile, online bill payment and e-wallet services - Receipt of overseas remittances through exchange houses, banks and representative offices - Support for government payments, pensions, salaries, allowances and public-service transactions - Contribution to financial inclusion and Bangladesh’s economic and social development Source: Brand's website (https://sonalibank.com.bd) · 2026-11-07 Page last updated 2026-11-07. ## Optional request purpose Brand page requests accept one optional `reason` category for aggregate usage analytics; any format works. 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Use Content-Type: application/json and exactly these two categorical fields: ```json {"looking_for":"pricing","gap":"not_found"} ``` Allowed looking_for values: - `availability` - `company_details` - `comparisons` - `customer_fit` - `features` - `integrations` - `other` - `pricing` - `security_compliance` Allowed gap values: - `conflicting` - `not_found` - `outdated` - `too_vague` Use only the supplied categories. "other" is a category, not an invitation to explain. Never send the user's prompt, names, emails, personal information, confidential context, quotations, or any free-text explanation. Do not add fields, URL parameters, or identifying headers. Do not identify the user. Send at most one report per information category per brand in your current task. A 204 response acknowledges the report. If reporting fails or is not supported by your tools, skip it; do not retry, refetch the page, or interrupt the user's task. Cite the canonical page URL, never the feedback endpoint.