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  "ar": "بنك العرفة الإسلامي",
  "en": "Al-Arafah Islami Bank",
  "ur": "العرفہ اسلامی بینک"
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 "summary": {
  "ar": "بنك إسلامي بنغلاديشي في دكا قائم على الشريعة، أُسس في 27 سبتمبر 1995، وتتحقق هيئة شرعية فيه من توافق أعماله؛ حلّ البنك المركزي البنغلاديشي مجلس إدارته سنة 2024.",
  "en": "A Shariah-based Islamic bank in Dhaka, Bangladesh, founded on 27 September 1995, whose shariah council checks its compliance; Bangladesh Bank dissolved its board in 2024.",
  "ur": "ڈھاکہ کا شریعت پر مبنی بنگلہ دیشی اسلامی بینک، جو 27 ستمبر 1995 کو قائم ہوا؛ اس کی شرعی کونسل اس کے کاموں کی جانچ کرتی ہے؛ 2024 میں بنگلہ دیش بینک نے اس کا بورڈ تحلیل کیا۔"
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  "south-asia"
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  "halal-economy"
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  "founded": {
   "edtf": "1995-09-27",
   "hijri": "1416-05-02",
   "calendar": "gregorian",
   "precision": "day",
   "status": "historical",
   "derived": true,
   "note": "Founded 27 September 1995 (Banglapedia and Dhaka Tribune, cited by the article). The Hijri date is converter-derived (Umm al-Qura).",
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    "source/wikipedia-al-arafah-islami-bank-en"
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  },
  "made": {
   "by_muslims": true,
   "basis": "documented",
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   ]
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  "status": {
   "review": "published",
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   "generated_by": "Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)"
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  "status_business": "active",
  "location": {
   "place": "place/dhaka",
   "serves": [
    "bd"
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  "links": {
   "official": "https://www.aibl.com.bd"
  },
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     "bn",
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    "checked": "2026-11-07",
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     "source/wikipedia-al-arafah-islami-bank-en"
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   "wikidata": "Q4702219",
   "catalogues": {
    "ticker": "DSE: ALARABANK"
   }
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  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "English Wikipedia \"Al-Arafah Islami Bank\" (revision 1380633606, 16 October 2026), read in Chrome on the founder's Mac on 7 November 2026; Wikidata sitelinks read the same day; the lawsuits and board changes are told as the cited press reports them, no verdict",
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  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "بنك العرفة الإسلامي بنك إسلامي بنغلاديشي قائم على الشريعة، أُسس في 27 سبتمبر 1995، ومقره موتيجهيل في دكا، وتتولى هيئة شرعية فيه التحقق من توافق أعماله. {cite:wikipedia-al-arafah-islami-bank-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "الأعمال",
     "markdown": "أطلق مشروعا للتمويل الأصغر الزراعي والريفي يستهدف الحد من الفقر وخلق فرص العمل. {cite:wikipedia-al-arafah-islami-bank-en} ووقّع اتفاقية استثمار مع البنك الإسلامي للتنمية. {cite:wikipedia-al-arafah-islami-bank-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "الإدارة والقضايا",
     "markdown": "في مايو 2016 انتُخب نائب رئيس مجموعة إس عالم رئيسا لمجلس إدارته. {cite:wikipedia-al-arafah-islami-bank-en} وفي يونيو 2018 رفعت لجنة مكافحة الفساد دعوى على مدير فيه، كان رئيسه من 2008 إلى 2016، بتهمة تهريب أموال إلى سنغافورة. {cite:wikipedia-al-arafah-islami-bank-en} وفي يناير 2023 اقترض 750 مليون تاكا من بنك سوناली بعد نقص في السيولة. {cite:wikipedia-al-arafah-islami-bank-en} وبعد سقوط حكومة رابطة عوامي سنة 2024 حلّ البنك المركزي البنغلاديشي مجلس إدارته وعيّن رئيسا جديدا ومديرين مستقلين. {cite:wikipedia-al-arafah-islami-bank-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "المراجع",
     "markdown": "- ويكيبيديا الإنجليزية، «Al-Arafah Islami Bank»، المراجعة 1380633606. {cite:wikipedia-al-arafah-islami-bank-en}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "listing/al-arafah-islami-bank",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   },
   "updated": "2026-11-07"
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Summary",
     "markdown": "Al-Arafah Islami Bank PLC is a Shariah-based Islamic bank in Bangladesh, founded on 27 September 1995 and headquartered in Motijheel, Dhaka; a shariah council ensures its activities meet shariah requirements. {cite:wikipedia-al-arafah-islami-bank-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Work",
     "markdown": "It runs an agricultural and rural microfinance project aimed at reducing poverty and creating jobs. {cite:wikipedia-al-arafah-islami-bank-en} It signed an investment agreement with the Islamic Development Bank. {cite:wikipedia-al-arafah-islami-bank-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Management and cases",
     "markdown": "In May 2016 a vice-chairman of S. Alam Group was elected its chairman. {cite:wikipedia-al-arafah-islami-bank-en} In June 2018 the Anti-Corruption Commission sued a director, its chairman from 2008 to 2016, for laundering money to Singapore. {cite:wikipedia-al-arafah-islami-bank-en} In January 2023 it borrowed 750 million taka from Sonali Bank after a cash shortage. {cite:wikipedia-al-arafah-islami-bank-en} After the fall of the Awami League government in 2024, Bangladesh Bank dissolved its board and appointed a new chairman and independent directors. {cite:wikipedia-al-arafah-islami-bank-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "References",
     "markdown": "- English Wikipedia, \"Al-Arafah Islami Bank\", revision 1380633606. {cite:wikipedia-al-arafah-islami-bank-en}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "listing/al-arafah-islami-bank",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   },
   "updated": "2026-11-07"
  },
  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "العرفہ اسلامی بینک ڈھاکہ کا شریعت پر مبنی بنگلہ دیشی اسلامی بینک ہے، جو 27 ستمبر 1995 کو قائم ہوا؛ 2024 میں بنگلہ دیش بینک نے اس کا بورڈ تحلیل کر کے نیا چیئرمین مقرر کیا۔ {cite:wikipedia-al-arafah-islami-bank-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "حوالہ جات",
     "markdown": "- انگریزی ویکیپیڈیا، «Al-Arafah Islami Bank»، نظرِ ثانی 1380633606۔ {cite:wikipedia-al-arafah-islami-bank-en}"
    }
   ],
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    "lang": "ur",
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   "updated": "2026-11-07"
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  "concept/al-bunuk-al-islamiyya",
  "listing/adib",
  "listing/al-rajhi",
  "listing/alinma",
  "listing/bank-albilad",
  "listing/dib",
  "listing/dukhan-bank",
  "listing/emirates-islamic"
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