Exim Bank distributes Zakat among street children

Exim Bank Ltd Monday distributed Zakat among one thousand street children under the initiative of Bangladesh Bank (BB).
Each of the children received Tk 1000, officials said,
BB Governor Dr Atiur Rahman as the chief guest handed over the Zakat fund at a ceremony in the city.
Presided over by Md Nazrul Islam Mazumder, chairman of Exim Bank, the programme was attended, among others, by M. Mahfuzur Rahman, Executive Director, Bangladesh Bank, Dr Mohammed Haider Ali Miah, Managing Director and CEO of Exim Bank, AKM Nurul Fazal Bulbul, Secretary General of EXIM Bank Foundation, members of the board of directors and senior officials of the BB and Exim Bank.
The poor and working children were selected through organsations like Pushpokoli, Karmojibi Shishu Kishore, Madaripur Social Service Club and Shapnobaj Community under the BB initiative, officials said.
Most of these children have accounts with different banks under the recent BB initiative.
Highly appreciating and praising the Exiim Bank's Zakat programme for the street children, Mr Atiur Rahman called upon other banks to follow the footsteps of Exim Bank.
The BB governor said that with the accounts with the banks, the street children would be habituated to deposit money; the initiative will also help them abstain from misusing money and simultaneously be confident to build and establish themselves in the society.
About 544 street children accounts have already been opened with different eight banks, he added.
Mr Md Nazrul Islam Mazumder said the bank will bring higher number of street children under its Zakat in the next year.