Since inception in 1983, Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd.(IBBL) has been playing vital role in Bangladesh economy & last two decades, the average annual growth of the bank is about 30 percent. In addition, IBBL rendering social services to the generally ignored poverty-stricken households from the banking services. The branch-wise performance estimation study investigated relative efficiency of different branches of IBBL by employing panel data during 2003-2007. Result show that the average cost & profit efficiency of the bank is 82 to 84 and 86 to 94 percent during the study period, which implies...

This book empirically investigates and compares the efficiency of Islamic and conventional banks in Bangladesh using different frontier approaches. The results show that both conventional and Islamic banks have been improving and converge to the highest level of efficiency. Results also show that conventional banks are slightly more efficient than Islamic banks but Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) alone is the most efficient in most categories. Study also finds that the Bangladeshi Islamic banking industry, especially IBBL, has in terms of assets, deposits, income, remittance collection...