The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) signed a contract of Tk 100 million with Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited yesterday. The amount will be spent on beautification of Dhaka ahead of the ICC World Cup 2011.

The deal withIslami Bank broke all the previous records involving BCB.

“I am thankful to BCB president AHM Mostafa Kamal for giving us the opportunity to be part of a great event like World Cup. This is a matter of national pride and we are really happy to be involved. We hope it will enable us to make the visitors realise how good Bangladesh is at taking care of their guests,” said Islami Bank chairman, ANM Abduz Zaher. The record amount will be used for renovation of roads, well as building new sections and for the eviction of the illegal establishments around the venues with the help of Bangladesh Army.

Installations and gates will be erected on the airport road and at different points in the city marking the World Cup.

“I am thankful to Islami Bank for being with us and helping us to make this great event a success. Islami Bank has been sponsoring different sports for long time, this is the first instance that they reached out for cricket and I am really grateful and hope they will be with BCB in future as well,” said the BCB president. Islami Bank has been partial sponsors of SA Games in Dhaka where they offered Tk 10 million.

Source: Daily Sun/ Bangladesh/ Jan-13-11