Total default loans now Tk 96,986 crore

The outstanding loans of bank directors in the country now stand at Tk 171,616.1247 crore at the end of September 2019, which is 11.21 percent of the total loans disbursed by all banks.

They have taken loans from 55 banks other than their own ones, according to statistics placed by Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal in Parliament replying to a starred question from Awami League MP Ahasanul Islam Titu, reports UNB.

Besides, directors of 25 banks have taken loans from their own banks and the total amount of their outstanding loan was Tk 1,614.7717 crore as of September 30 last, he said.