Dhaka, July 26 -- The number of individual bank accounts holding Tk 1.0 crore or more in Bangladesh increased by over 7,000 during the one-and-a-half-year tenure of the Dr. Muhammad Yunus-led interim government, according to the latest figures from Bangladesh Bank.

It means that the number of rich people have increased in the country during the period of the interim government in the country.

Central bank data from its latest 'Banking Sector Update' shows that individual crore-taka accounts rose from 33,629 in September 2024 to 40,645 by the end of March 2026. This represents an addition of 7,016 new accounts-a growth of nearly 21 percent.

Total deposits held in these high-value individual accounts increased from Tk 87,200 crore in Sep...