[3][4] The Farmers Bank Limited was established in 2013 and was granted a licence due to the political links of its founder Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir.

[10] Md Ehsan Khasru was appointed managing director of The Farmers Bank Limited on 5 January 2018.

[13] The 11 companies are Apollo Trade International, Advanced Development Technologies, Abeda Memorial Hospital, Al-Faruque Bags, NAR Sweaters Ltd, Bangladesh Development Company, Mac Trading, Index Housing, Mollik Aquaculture Farm, Messers Premjoy, and Nahar Farmers Group.

[13] M/S Roseburg Auto Rice Mills Ltd, owned by Sherpur District Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Md Hazrat Ali, embezzled almost 700 million taka from the Bank.

[14] In October 2018, Anti-Corruption Commission announced that its investigation had found involvement of two businessmen in embezzling 40 million taka from The Farmers Bank Limited.

[17] Rashedul Haque Chisty received bail from Judge KM Emrul Kayesh on two cases concerning The Farmers Bank Limited on 18 May 2020.

[20] Mahabubul Haque Chisty was shown arrested in five cases related to the embezzlement of money from The Farmers Bank Limited.

[5][25] The Bank had failed to pay back money to depositors and had to receive a bailout from the Government of Bangladesh worth 8.15 billion taka.

[5] Padma Bank failed to return 170 million taka fixed deposits to Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority Employees’ Pension Fund.

[15] Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir denied allegations of embezzlement from his bank following reports by from media organisations.