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Trust Bank's reported classified-loan ratio fell from 6.36% to 4.39% in 2025, but the bank wrote off BDT 10.9bn, special-mention loans rose from BDT 7.2bn to BDT 27.5bn, and the auditor says a significant proportion of classified borrowers were reported as unclassified after special rescheduling. Interest paid took 89% of interest income in 2025 and 98% in H1 2026; government securities and their income now carry the bank. Consolidated CRAR is 12.76% against 12.5% required.

Loans tied to the old sponsor era turned bad in 2024. Interest on those loans has since moved to suspense, so net interest income fell to BDT -22.1bn in 2025 and to BDT -15.4bn in H1 2026. Book equity of BDT 5.7bn at Dec-2025 sits against a provision gap of BDT 215.9bn (our sum of four notes) that BB has allowed the bank to defer.

Gross premium fell 21.5% in 2025 after a 69.5% fall in 2024. The life fund was BDT 533.7m at Dec-2025 and BDT 469.4m at Sep-2026 (DSE-announced). The auditor's report carries three emphasis of matter paragraphs and states the opinion is not modified; the board recommended no dividend for 2025.

Gross premium rose 8.3% to BDT 8.66bn in 2025 and the life fund grew 11.3% to BDT 8.96bn, but maturity claims reached BDT 2.86bn and the fund fell by BDT 40.0m in Q3 2026. BDT 5.31bn sits in one product with five banks, BDT 3.89bn of it at one bank. A BDT 1,098.4m receivable from before 2023 is unreconciled and under legal recovery.

Bangladesh Bank let ONE Bank defer Tk3,903 crore of required provisions for 2025. Without that permission the auditor says equity would be minus Tk1,025 crore. Classified loans have risen from 5.3% to 19.6% of loans since 2017, the cost of fund is 10.06%, CRAR is 11.12% against a 12.5% requirement, and the shares are in the Z category after a second year without a dividend.

Gross premium rose 7.9% to BDT 10.2bn in 2025 and the life fund grew for the first time since 2020, after a regulator-appointed administrator ran the company from February 2021 to September 2022. A third of invested assets sit in listed shares. The stock trades at 8.0x FY2025 EPS with a 5.1% cash yield.

National Bank lost BDT 24.3bn in 2025 and BDT 22.9bn more in H1 2026. Equity is negative, interest paid is 5x interest earned, deposits are 28% below their 2021 level, and the bank runs on Bangladesh Bank-backed liquidity. This note sets out the filings.

Beximco Ltd's last statement shows H1 FY2025 revenue down 71% and a Tk 3,565m loss. Six reporting periods are overdue, and the share has fallen 82% since its floor was removed.

Fair value BDT 99–218 (base 179) against a price of BDT 143.7. Domestic brands, exports and a falling materials bill lift EPS to BDT 28.7 by FY2029F; governance volatility (beta 1.46) and a weaker taka are the risks.