Dhaka, March 16 -- The number of bank employees increased by nearly 4.0 per cent in 2023 from 2022, according to the latest Bangladesh Bank report.

The employees working in 61 commercial banks at the end of December 2023 stood at 203,696, which is 3.9 per cent higher than that of 2022 and 25,266 people more than 178,430 employees in 2019.

Of the total employees, 83.6 per cent is male and the rest female.

Six state-owned commercial banks have a total of 50,285 employees or nearly 25 per cent of total banking industry, data showed, while nearly 67 per cent of the employment belongs to the 43 private commercial banks. Nine foreign commercial banks employ 4,057 people.

Three specialised scheduled banks' employment was recorded at 13,039 a...