The country’s second generation and most awarded commercial bank Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) has been renamed as Eastern Bank PLC. (EBL), with effect from September 3, 2023, a press release said on Wednesday. In this regard the central bank’s Banking Regulation and Policy Department (BRPD) issued a circular to all scheduled commercial banks’ managing directors/chief executive officers to take necessary steps to transact as per newly changed name. A gazette was published on Sunday signed by Bangladesh Bank deputy governor Abu Farah Md Naser incorporating the change.
