SJIBL profit rises 36pc

Business Desk :
Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited (SJIBL) profit rose more than 36 per cent year-on-year to Tk 101.57 crore in the July-September quarter.
This was compared to Tk 74.55 crore made in the same three-month quarter a year earlier.
Thus, the private commercial bank reported consolidated earnings per share of Tk 0.94 for July-September against Tk 0.69 in the same quarter in 2021, showed the unaudited financial statements for the third quarter.
The EPS increased substantially thanks to the increase in the net investment income, income from investments in shares and securities, commission, exchange and brokerage, and other operating incomes, said Shahjalal Islami Bank in a filing on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) on Thursday.
The consolidated EPS rose to Tk 3.33 in January-September of 2022 from Tk 2.34 a year earlier, up more than 42 per cent year-on-year.