Citibank officials and guests celebrate the inauguration of a new corporate office of the bank on Gulshan Avenue in Dhaka yesterday to better serve the bank’s clients in Bangladesh Citibank NA yesterday opened a corporate office in Dhaka to better serve its clientele in Bangladesh. “It is a new beginning. Great businesses always look to find fresh stimuli… always look to find things to re-energise,” said Stephen Bird, chief executive officer of Citi Asia Pacific. “The new corporate office is set up with the future in mind. It will connect our clients to the global network,” he added. Spread across 26,500 square feet at a state-of-the-art building in Gulshan Avenue, it will serve as Citi’s new headquarters in Bangladesh and bring together the product, business, operations and technology and global functions teams under one roof. US Ambassador to Bangladesh Dan W Mozena, Bangladesh Bank Deputy Governor Abu Hena Mohd Razee Hassan and Chief Executive Officer of Citi Asia Pacific Stephen Bird were present at the inauguration of the office. The American banking giant entered Bangladesh in 1987 and, at present, operates through four branches with 180 people, focusing mainly on corporate clients. Over the past decade, Citi has been working closely with regulatory agencies and the government to promote key infrastructure related projects in the country. News:The Daily Star Bangladesh/2-Spe-2013

M. Ehsanul Haque, Managing Director and CEO of Mercantile Bank Limited, inaugurates the new office premises of the bank at Momen Tower at Choto Bazar in Mymensingh on Sunday. Mercantile Bank Limited shifted its Mymensingh branch to new premises at Momen Tower, 65, Choto Bazar on Sunday. M. Ehsanul Haque, Managing Director and CEO of the bank inaugurated the new premises, said a press release. Ekramul Haque Titu, Mayor, Mymensingh Pouroshova and President of Mymensingh Chamber of Commerce and Industries, Md. Aminul Hoque Shamim, Director, FBCCI, and senior executives of the bank were also present on the occasion. News:Daily Sun Bangladesh/2-Sep-2013

Md. Fariduddin Ahmed, adviser of Export Import Bank of Bangladesh Limited, inaugurates the 74th branch of the bank at Bagmarar, Comilla on Sunday. The 74th branch of Export Import Bank of Bangladesh Limited was inaugurated at Bagmara, Comilla on Sunday. Md. Fariduddin Ahmed, adviser of the bank inaugurated the branch as chief guest, said a press release. M. Sirajul Islam, Managing Director (CC) of the bank presided over the programme. Khondoker Rumy Ehsanul Huq, Deputy Managing Director of the bank and top executives of head office and local elites were also present at the programme. News:Daily Sun Bangladesh/2-Aug-2013

Taka Jadughar” is getting a new shape on the premises of Bangladesh Bank Training Academy (BBTA) with all digital facilities is expected to be ready for visitors of all ages by first week of the next month. Side by side with continuing the drive to collect old coins and paper money, efforts are on to install digital signage, touch screens and LCD monitors etc to equip the “Taka Jadughar” as a modern, prosperous, state of the art, rich in information and technology-based currency museum. It will have a very modern separate corner for children where video and games will help the future generation to be acquainted with the lifestyle, education, culture and various aspects of archaeological developments of human civilization through coins and currencies of various eras, BB executive director Dasgupta Ashim Kumar told BSS. People can be acquainted with the lifestyle, education, culture and various aspects of archaeological developments of human civilization through coins and currencies of various eras. Besides, there will be a web portal that will help people around the world to know about the museum’s collections including coins, paper money or barter practice maintained by people at the very beginning of transactions in this part of the globe. —BSS News:Daily Sun Bangladesh/2-Aug-2013

Nizam Chowdhury, Chairman of the Board of Directors of NRB Global Bank Limited, presides over a meeting of the board of the bank at a hotel in Dhaka recently. A meeting of the Board of Directors of NRB Global Bank Limited was held at a hotel in Dhaka recently. Nizam Chowdhury, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the bank presided over the meeting, said a press release. Important policies, branch expansion plan and other relevant issues were approved in the meeting. Mohammad Hanif Chowdhury, Vice Chairman, Directors and Md. Abdul Quddus, Managing Director of the bank were also present on the occasion. News:Daily Sun Bangladesh/2-Aug-2013