BKB disburses Tk 162.52b among 3.5m borrowers

Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) has so far disbursed Tk 162.52 billion among 3.5 million borrowers.
The bank has already disbursed Tk 20.57 billion among1.8 million small and marginal farmers along with extremely poor sharecroppers,  according to a statement issued by BKB.
"We remain the pioneer in disbursing agriculture loans to make the country self-reliant in food production and the disbursement bears the testimony to the national vision of eradicating poverty," a BKB official said.
Under the Government-led welfare programme "Ghare Fera Karmosuchi", the bank has disbursed Tk 81 million among 3,362 slum families.
A total of 0.9 million beneficiaries are getting financial supports under the schemes of the bank titled 'allowance for elders, allowance for widows and allowance for disabled'.
On the other hand, 7.1 million depositors are getting banking services through BKB of which 3.5 million are 10- taka account holders.
The bank has collected 1400 million dollar as foreign remittance and distributed properly within shortest possible time.
"BKB receives all types of utility bills from customers and is operating off line banking through its largest network of 1,029 branches," the statement added.
Presently 52 branches are operating banking services through online banking.