Emerging Credit Rating Limited (ECRL) has assigned Surveillance rating of the Company as "BBB-" in the long term and "ST-3" in the short term along with a Stable outlook based on audited financial statements up to December 31, 2025 and other relevant quantitative as well as qualitative information up to the date of rating.

(Cont. News of NBL): Despite these challenges, the Board of Directors and Management remain committed to restoring the Bank's financial strength through intensified recovery initiatives, mobilization of low-cost deposits and other strategic measures to improve overall financial performance. (end)

As per Regulation 16(1) of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (Listing) Regulations, 2015, the Company has informed that a meeting of the Board of Directors will be held on July 27, 2026 at 3:00 pm to consider, among others, Un-Audited Financial Statements for the Second Quarter (Q2) period ended June 30, 2026.

Trading of the shares of the company will be allowed only in the Spot Market and Block transaction will also be settled as per spot settlement cycle from 10.06.2026 to 14.06.2026 and trading of the shares will remain suspended on record date i.e., 15.06.2026.

Dhaka Stock Exchange PLC. (DSE) has approved the proposed name change of the Company. Accordingly, the name of the Company will be 'National Bank PLC.' instead of 'National Bank Limited' with effect from June 10, 2026. Other information (except name) will remain unchanged.

The auditor of the company has given the Qualified Opinion and Emphasis of Matter paragraph in the auditor's report for the year ended December 31, 2025. To view the details, please visit: https://www.dsebd.org/Auditors_opinion/2025/206.%20National%20Bank%20PLC25.pdf

(Cont. news of NBL): Reason for significant changes: Net asset value decreased over the same period of previous year due to continuous loss. During the period, the bank could not book interest on loan & advances due to non-recovery from classified and rescheduled loans, interest income decreased significantly and NIM became negative and EPS has become negative. On the other hand due to continuous withdrawal of deposits net operating cash outflow per share has declined significantly. (end)

The Board of Directors has recommended No Dividend for the year ended December 31, 2025. Date of AGM: 13.08.2026, Time: 11:00 AM, Venue/Mode: Samarai Convention Center, Panthapath, Dhaka, Record Date: 15.06.2026. The Company has also reported Consolidated EPS of Tk. (7.55), Consolidated NAV per share of Tk. (7.37) and Consolidated NOCFPS of Tk. (13.52) for the year ended December 31, 2025 as against Tk. (5.30) (restated), Tk. 1.15 and Tk. (19.68) respectively for the year ended December 31, 2024.

There will be no price limit on the trading of the shares of the Company today (03.05.2026) following its corporate declaration.

The Company has further informed that the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company as per Regulation 19(1) of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (Listing) Regulations, 2015, will be held on April 30, 2026 at 2:30 PM to consider, among others, audited financial statements of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2025.