BIBM unveils two books

The Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM) has unveiled two books titled 'Financing Public and Private Partnership in Bangladesh' and 'Case Studies in Credit Operation and Management in Banks', reports BSS.

Ahmed Jamal, chairman, BIBM Executive Committee and deputy governor of Bangladesh Bank, unveiled the books on Thursday as the chief guest at a function at BIBM in the city, said a press release.

Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman, director general of BIBM, chaired the programme.

Dr Prashanta Kumar Banerjee, professor (Selection Grade), discussed about the content of both books.

Dr Ashraf Al Mamun, associate professor and director (Research, Development and Consultancy) of BIBM delivered address of welcome.

Dr Md Mosharref Hossain, associate professor and programme coordinator of BIBM, gave vote of thanks.

BIBM has conducted a number of research works on diversified areas of PPP focusing on infrastructure financing with its faculty members and a number of experts in the banking and financial sectors.

To bring all its research studies on infrastructure financing under a single cover, BIBM publishes a compilation titled 'Financing Public Private Partnership in Bangladesh: Status, Approa-ches, Issues and Challenges, and Future Strategies'.

In addition, the book titled 'Case Studies in Credit Operation and Management in Banks' is an edited compilation of different complicated cases arising out of the several actual bank lending cases contained in the keynote papers presented in annual programmes of BIBM like seminar, review workshop and roundtable discussion.

The present volume consists of 50 cases in the wide spectrum of credit operation prepared by a group of faculty members of BIBM working in the credit areas led by Professor Dr Prashanta Kumar Banerjee.

In the programme, Deputy Governor of Bangladesh Bank Ahmed Jamal said that keeping in mind the country's broad goal of gaining the status of upper middle-income country (UMIC) by 2031 and higher-income country (HIC) by 2041, it is utmost important to accelerate infrastructure development.

"The Global Infrastruc-ture Hub Report estimates that from 2016 to 2040, Bangladesh will need US$ 608 billion of investment in major infrastructure sectors.