The specialised development bank also incurred a net loss of Tk 533 crore last year. This has given an indication that the net loss in the bank may increase to a large extent this year compared to the previous year. An official of the lender said that it had been facing a large volume of default loans since 2012, when it gave out funds to the non-farm sector in a breach of banking norms. "The bank's loan recovery trend from the farm sector is good, but a large amount of fund has been stuck in the non-farm sector, which made it a loss-making lender," he added.