Eastern Bank Limited () is a private commercial bank headquartered in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was established on August 8, 1992, as a public limited company with limited liability under the Bank Companies Act of 1991. Its share are listed in the Dhaka Stock Exchange and the Chittagong Stock Exchange. The bank provides products and services in retail banking, corporate finance, asset management, equity brokerage and security. It has 85 branches and 214 ATMs in Bangladesh and employs around 3000 employees. Eastern Bank Limited is going to open its first overseas full-fledged branch in Calcutta, India. This branch in India will be its first foreign branch outside of Bangladesh. Presently, EBL has a subsidiary in Hong Kong named EBL Finance (HK) Limited and a representative office in Myanmar. EBL opened its third representative office on the Chinese mainland in Guangzhou on September 29, 2019. History Eastern Bank Limited began operations on August 16, 1992. Prior to 1992 EBL operated as BCCI, which transformed into Eastern Bank Limited. which is located in Bangladesh. Composition of the Group EBL As of 2018, the group is composed of Eastern Bank Limited, the separate business unit Off-Shore Banking Unit (OBU), and five wholly owned subsidiaries: EBL Securities Limited (stock dealing & brokerage) EBL Investments Limited (merchant banking operations) EBL Asset Management Limited (asset management) EBL Finance (HK) Limited (first foreign subsidiary doing trade finance and off-shore banking business in Hong Kong) Yangon Representative Office, Myanmar Guangzhou Representative Office, Mainland China Board of Directors Md. Showkat Ali Chowdhury (Chairman) M. Ghaziul Haque A. M. Shaukat Ali (not at present) Mir Nasir Hossain Salina Ali Anis Ahmed Meah Mohammed Abdur Rahim (not at present) Mufakkharul Islam Khasru Ormaan Rafay Nizam (not at present) Gazi Md. Shawkat Hossain K J S Banu Zara Namreen Ali Reza Iftekhar (MD & CEO) Shareholding pattern As of September 30, 2019: See also List of Banks in Bangladesh References External links Official website Internship Report On Strategy of Eastern Bank Limited Banks of Bangladesh Companies listed on the Dhaka Stock Exchange Banks established in 1992 Organisations based in Motijheel Bangladeshi companies established in 1992