Prime Bank’s profit jumps 42pc

Prime Bank Ltd posted a 42.55 per cent year-on-year higher profit in the April-June quarter of 2022.  

Consolidated earnings per share were Tk 0.67 in the second quarter against Tk 0.47 in the same period last year, according to the unaudited financial statements.

In the first half of 2022, the private commercial bank's consolidated EPS was Tk 1.59, a decrease of 12.15 per cent from Tk 1.81 in January-June of 2021. Prime Bank shares rose 0.53 per cent on the Dhaka Stock Exchange yesterday.