A Rouf Chowdhury, Chairman, Bank Asia, seen with the participants of a day-long training programme on “Anti Money Laundering and Combating Financing on Terrorism” at Bank Asia Institute for Training and Development at Rangs Bhaban in Dhaka on Saturday.

Bank Asia organised a day-long comprehensive training on “Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Financing on Terrorism” at the bank’s Institute for Training and Development at Rangs Bhaban in Dhaka on Saturday.

Finance Minister AMA Muhith hands over ICAB Award for best Presented Annual Report-2012 to Dr Ahmed Al Kabir, Chairman, Rupali Bank Limited at a function at a hotel in Dhaka on Saturday.

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) has awarded Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited the First Prize in Private Sector Banks (including cooperative banks) and SAARC Anniversary Award for Corporate Governance categories under ICAB National Award for Best Presented Annual Reports 2012.

Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, MP handed over the award to Mohammad Abdul Mannan, Managing Director of Islami Bank in a function at a local hotel recently.

Mahbub Ahmed, Commerce Secretary, Md. Abdus Salam, FCA, FCS, President of the ICAB, Abbas Uddin Khan, Chairman of the Review Committee for published Accounts and Reports of the ICAB and Moh. Shamsul Haque, Deputy Managing Director of Islami Bank were present on the occasion.

Southeast Bank Limited opened its 102th branch at Baneswar in Rajshahi recently.

AMM Ariful Haque, EVP and Head of Branch, Rajshahi formally inaugurated the branch as the chief guest, said a press release.

Nur-A-Kutub-A-Alam, Head of Baneswar Branch, Azizul Bari Mukta, President of Chamber of Commerce, Baneshwar, local businessmen, industrialists, customers, educationists, and local elites were present.

Right from day one, the branch started providing all modern banking services to the customers.

Ariful Hoq Chowdhury, Mayor, Sylhet City Corporation, inaugurates a branch of Union Bank Limited at R B Tower at East Zindabazar in Sylhet on Saturday.

Union Bank Limited opened its branch at R B Tower at East Zindabazar in Sylhet on Saturday.

Ariful Hoq Chowdhury, Mayor, Sylhet City Corporation inaugurated the branch as chief guest, said a press release.

Abdul Hamid Miah, Managing Director, SAM Salimullah, Executive Vice President, Abdul Hannan Khan, Company Secretary, Md Abdul Kader, Chief Public Relations Officer, Manager, Zindabazar branch and other senior officials of the bank were also present on the occasion.

With providing Taka 300 crore to around 40,000 entrepreneurs in agribusiness in the recent months, Brac Back has expedited its SME financing scheme.

The private bank, which pioneered launching of ‘Krishak Card’, has undertaken a number of initiatives for providing easy finances to farmers. The finance covers lending to different non-traditional sectors that are out of traditional credit coverage.

In a release issued Saturday, Brac Bank said many farmers particularly in the country’s northern region had benefited greatly with financing from this bank for no-traditional crop farming including various types of spices.

For instance, the bank cited that Md Helal, a farmer of Goneshpur village, Mokamtola in Bogra this year grew ginger in only one bigha of land by taking a loan of Taka one lakh from Brac Bank. He is now expecting an yield worth around taka six lack.

Referring to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), the bank said currently ginger is cultivated in 22,000 acre of land producing 74,000 metric ton annually.

The production would go up should more farmers start ginger farming, which would eventually help meet domestic demands of the largely used and essential spice.