Dhaka, Jan. 14 -- Riding on massive recovery drives across the country, the state-owned Sonali Bank PLC made a significant stride in improving its asset quality in the 2025 calendar year.

Sharing the key financials of the bank at a media briefing at its headquarters on Tuesday, the bank's Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Md. Shawkat Ali Khan said the bank had intensified its cash recovery and mobilised Tk 12.04 billion in 2025.

The amount was 107 per cent up from the previous year's count of Tk 5.80 billion, he said.

Of the total, the country's largest commercial bank recovered Tk 7.45 billion from the top 20 defaulting entities, according to the bank sources.

Following the positive outcomes, he said, the ratio of classif...