EBL and Agricultural Credit Department of the Bangladesh Bank exchanging documents

Ali Reza Iftekhar, managing director and CEO of Eastern Bank Limited (EBL), and Abul Kalam Azad, director, Agricultural Credit Department of the Bangladesh Bank, are exchanging documents after signing a participatory agreement on disbursement of agriculture loans at a maximum interest rate of 4 per cent under a refinance scheme worth Tk 50 billion at the latter's office in the capital recently. The scheme is to ensure food security of the country. Bangladesh Bank Governor Abdur Rouf Talukder and Deputy Governor AKM Sajedur Rahman Khan were present on the occasion.