BAB donates Tk 200m to PM's relief fund
Wednesday, 24 October 2012
Bangladesh Association of Banks (BAB) Tuesday donated Tk 200 million to the Prime Minister's Relief Fund, reports UNB.
A delegation, led by the association president and chairman of Exim Bank Limited Nazrul Islam Mazumder, handed over the cheques to the Prime Minister at her office.
While briefing journalists, PM's Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad said the PM extended her thanks to the bankers for the donation saying that the government will take care for proper utilisation of the fund.
Bankers and well-off people donate money to the fund utilised for benevolent purposes including relief and rehabilitation of the victims of natural disasters and for the treatment of poor people, she said.
The BAB president said that they like to donate money to the fund as the fund money would be utilised properly.
Mercantile Bank Limited Chairman Abdul Jalil, Trust Bank Limited Chairman and Army Chief General Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan, IFIC Bank Limited Chairman Salman F Rahman, Standard Bank Limited Chairman Qazi Akram Uddin Ahmed, Bank Asia Limited Chairman Abdur Rauf Chowdhury, Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited Chairman Prof Abu Nasser Muhammad Abduz Zaher, National Bank Limited Chairman Joynul Abedin and Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited Chairman Anwar Hossain were present on the occasion.
A delegation, led by the association president and chairman of Exim Bank Limited Nazrul Islam Mazumder, handed over the cheques to the Prime Minister at her office.
While briefing journalists, PM's Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad said the PM extended her thanks to the bankers for the donation saying that the government will take care for proper utilisation of the fund.
Bankers and well-off people donate money to the fund utilised for benevolent purposes including relief and rehabilitation of the victims of natural disasters and for the treatment of poor people, she said.
The BAB president said that they like to donate money to the fund as the fund money would be utilised properly.
Mercantile Bank Limited Chairman Abdul Jalil, Trust Bank Limited Chairman and Army Chief General Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan, IFIC Bank Limited Chairman Salman F Rahman, Standard Bank Limited Chairman Qazi Akram Uddin Ahmed, Bank Asia Limited Chairman Abdur Rauf Chowdhury, Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited Chairman Prof Abu Nasser Muhammad Abduz Zaher, National Bank Limited Chairman Joynul Abedin and Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited Chairman Anwar Hossain were present on the occasion.