Bangladesh Development Bank (BDBL), a state-owned commercial bank, has earned around Taka 250 crore as operational profit during the 2013 calendar year, which is Taka 147 crore more than 2012.

“There were many reasons especially introduction of this year’s commercial banking, foreign exchange and share market have helped us earn the profit,” Dr Zillur Rahman, Managing Director of the bank, told BSS on Tuesday.

Dr Rahman said the BDBL had only Taka 850 crore when it went into operation and now its paid up capital stood at Taka 1,150 crore.

He said the bank will introduce mobile banking soon aimed at reaching their services at the doorstep of the disadvantaged group.

“We’ve dispatched our mobile banking course to the Bangladesh Bank. We’ll sign an agreement with the agent banks this month,” he said.

The senior banker said, “We are hoping that we will be able to start out mobile banking by February.”

The BDBL, having Taka 3,000 crore as asset and liability of Taka 1,500 crore, now has 26 branches across the country, of which, three branches are in rural areas.