More donations to CA's relief fund for cyclone victims
Sunday, 2 December 2007
Thirty more organisations and individuals Saturday donated about Tk 18.5 million to the Chief Adviser's Relief and Welfare Fund for the country's cyclone victims, reports UNB.
The organisations and individuals are Karnaphuli Fertilizer Co Ltd Tk 1,54,61,427, Bangladesh Supreme Court Tk 2.82 lakh, teachers and students of Khulna Medical college Tk 1,21,700, Citi Bank NA and Citi group Tk 10 lakh, Association of Cargo Agents of Bangladesh Tk 3 lakh, Hamdard Laboratories Tk 5 lakh, Bangladesh Scientific Equipment Trading Association Tk 2.16 lakh, Arshad Memorial Trust Tk 3 lakh, Mahbub Mawdudur Rahman and Saima Rahman Tk 10,000, M/S Gani Brothers Tk 20,000, Modern Dyeing and Screen Printing Ltd Tk 27,000, RM Enter Owners Cooperative Society Tk 25,580, one day's salary (Tk 11,856) of Rajshahi district council staff, United Lubricants, Multipurpose Cooperative Society Tk 10,000 and freedom fighter Mahbubul Alam Tk 10,000.
Besides, Shibpur Union Hefazate Islam Jubo Sangha, B'baria donated Tk 2,000 while Imon Telecom (Pvt) Ltd Tk 5,000, Begum Nilufa Yasmin Tk 2,000, Noor Mahal Tk 5,000, Dr Golam Farooq Tk 1,000, M Obaidur Rahman Tk 20,000, Kazi Maqbul Hossain Tk 22,000, M Sajjadul Karim Tk 10,000, M Golam Tayeb Tk 2,000, Mujgunni Residential Area Welfare Association, Khulna Tk 17,350, Noakhali Swapnil Krira Chakra Tk 50,000, one day's salary (Tk 27,196) of teachers and staff of Noakhali Science and Technology University, Golam Mawla Tk 5,000, Abdul Wahab Tk 900 and a man unwilling to be named Tk 20,000.
Citi Foundation: Citi Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Citigroup, has donated US$ 50,000, equivalent to around Tk 3.4 million, in support of the cyclone victims of the coastal areas of the country.
This fund will be used by Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) for their relief efforts towards the Sidr victims.
As yet another avenue to mobilise global support, Citibank N.A. Bangladesh has opened an account in the name of Chief Advisor's Relief Fund, where people from all around the world can send their contributions for the cyclone-affected people.
Besides, the employees of Citibank have made monetary contribution, which is matched equally by Citibank, to donate Tk one million to the Chief Adviser's Relief and Welfare Fund.
Citibank employees have also formed a volunteer team, which will work at the cyclone-affected areas for smooth distribution of all collections, said a press release.
The organisations and individuals are Karnaphuli Fertilizer Co Ltd Tk 1,54,61,427, Bangladesh Supreme Court Tk 2.82 lakh, teachers and students of Khulna Medical college Tk 1,21,700, Citi Bank NA and Citi group Tk 10 lakh, Association of Cargo Agents of Bangladesh Tk 3 lakh, Hamdard Laboratories Tk 5 lakh, Bangladesh Scientific Equipment Trading Association Tk 2.16 lakh, Arshad Memorial Trust Tk 3 lakh, Mahbub Mawdudur Rahman and Saima Rahman Tk 10,000, M/S Gani Brothers Tk 20,000, Modern Dyeing and Screen Printing Ltd Tk 27,000, RM Enter Owners Cooperative Society Tk 25,580, one day's salary (Tk 11,856) of Rajshahi district council staff, United Lubricants, Multipurpose Cooperative Society Tk 10,000 and freedom fighter Mahbubul Alam Tk 10,000.
Besides, Shibpur Union Hefazate Islam Jubo Sangha, B'baria donated Tk 2,000 while Imon Telecom (Pvt) Ltd Tk 5,000, Begum Nilufa Yasmin Tk 2,000, Noor Mahal Tk 5,000, Dr Golam Farooq Tk 1,000, M Obaidur Rahman Tk 20,000, Kazi Maqbul Hossain Tk 22,000, M Sajjadul Karim Tk 10,000, M Golam Tayeb Tk 2,000, Mujgunni Residential Area Welfare Association, Khulna Tk 17,350, Noakhali Swapnil Krira Chakra Tk 50,000, one day's salary (Tk 27,196) of teachers and staff of Noakhali Science and Technology University, Golam Mawla Tk 5,000, Abdul Wahab Tk 900 and a man unwilling to be named Tk 20,000.
Citi Foundation: Citi Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Citigroup, has donated US$ 50,000, equivalent to around Tk 3.4 million, in support of the cyclone victims of the coastal areas of the country.
This fund will be used by Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) for their relief efforts towards the Sidr victims.
As yet another avenue to mobilise global support, Citibank N.A. Bangladesh has opened an account in the name of Chief Advisor's Relief Fund, where people from all around the world can send their contributions for the cyclone-affected people.
Besides, the employees of Citibank have made monetary contribution, which is matched equally by Citibank, to donate Tk one million to the Chief Adviser's Relief and Welfare Fund.
Citibank employees have also formed a volunteer team, which will work at the cyclone-affected areas for smooth distribution of all collections, said a press release.