Dhaka, May 7 -- The National Bank's new board of directors will bring in Tk1,000 crore to help resolve the ongoing crisis at the bank, the new board Chairman Khalilur Rahman said on Monday.

At a press conference with reporters, Khalilur said he would collect a capital of Tk3,000 crore required to solve the bank's crisis through deposit campaigns, while in the initial stage, a Tk1,000 capital will be provided by the directors and shareholders.

Earlier on Sunday (5 May), the Bangladesh Bank dissolved the National Bank's board for the second time in four and a half months.

The central bank formed a new board of directors headed by Khalilur Rahman, a longstanding entrepreneurial shareholder of National Bank, who is also the chairman of the...