News Briefs-(29-08-2019)

Dr Jamaluddin Ahmed

Jamaluddin joins as Janata Bank chairman

Dr Jamaluddin Ahmed, FCA has been appointed as the chairman of the Board of Directors of Janata Bank Limited. Prior to this appointment, he was one of the directors on the board of Bangladesh Bank. He also served as a director of the board of Janata Bank. He is also one of the sponsor-directors of Emerging Credit Rating Ltd. (ECRL) and the chairman of the company. He is the current General Secretary of Bangladesh Economic Association and was the president of the Institute of CA Bangladesh (2010). He was also the Executive Secretary of South Asian Federation of Accountants. Professionally, he is a chartered accountant and the fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) since 1990.— Statement

Md Ahsan-uz Zaman, Managing Director & CEO of Midland Bank (seated, 3rd from left), and MM Monirul Alam, Managing Director & CEO of Guardian Life Insurance Limited (4th from left), signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) at the board room of the bank at Gulshan in the city on Wednesday

Midland Bank teams up with Guardian Life

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between Midland Bank Limited (MDB) and Guardian Life Insurance Limited (GLIL) at the board room of the bank at Gulshan in the city on Wednesday. Md Ahsan-uz Zaman, Managing Director & CEO of Midland Bank, and MM Monirul Alam, Managing Director & CEO of Guardian Life Insurance Limited, signed the agreement in presence of David James Howard Griffiths, Director of GLIL, and others high officials of the both the organisations. As per the MoU, the GLIL will be providing insurance coverage on MDB's personal loan, unsecured SME term loan and monthly savings scheme deposit products. — Statement