Sayem Ahmed, Chairman of the EC of DBBL, hands over a cheque to Dr. ATM Shamsul Huda, Chairman of the Trustee Board of Kendria Kachi-Kanchar Mela, at the bank’s head office in Dhaka recently.

Bangladesh Development Bank Limited (BDBL) earned Tk 1.04 billion profit in 2012.

It collected deposits of Tk 7.95 billion in the year and distributed Tk 4.61 billion SME and personal loans, OD and shot-term loan to its customers.

Dr Zillur Rahman, Managing Director of BDBL, said this while presiding over Branch Managers’ Conference-2013 at a hotel in Dhaka Thursday.

Dr M Aslam Alam, Secretary of Banking and Financial Institutions Division of the Finance Ministry was present as chief guest, said a press release.

Prof Shanti Narayan Ghosh, Chairman of Board of Directors of the bank was present as guest of honour. Dewan Nurul Islam, Kazi Morshed Hossian Kamal, Advocate Md Abdus Salam, Prof Dr Rustam Ali Ahmed and Khalilur Rahman Siddiqui, directors of board of directors of the bank were present as special guests at the function.

DBBL will play significant role to the economic development of the country, Dr S Aslam said adding, the bank will ensure better services to its customers.