Morshed Alam, chairman of Mercantile Bank, announcing names of the Mercantile Bank Achievement Award-2015 winners at the press conference at the National Press Club in the city Sunday.

Nine eminent personalities and two organisations have been nominated for Mercantile Bank Achieve­ment Award-2015 for their special contribution in different fields.

They include Prof Shamsuzzaman Khan (education), Prof AK Azad Khan (medical), Maj Gen C.R. Datta (retd), Bir Uttam (freedom fighter), Dr AB Mirza Azizul Islam (economics and economic research) and Hayat Mamud (Bangla language and literature).

Other nominated ones are Mujibul Haider Chowdhury (banking), Abed Khan (journalism), Partha Pratim Majumder (culture), Mohammad Mushfiqur Rahim (sports), Bangladesh Agricultural University (agricultural research and development), and BSRM Group of Companies (industry and trade).

The Mercantile Bank Ltd will hand over gold medals, cash and crests to them at its 16th anniversary celebration, which is set to be held at a city hotel today (June 1).

Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed, MP is likely to attend the function as the chief guest.

Morshed Alam, chairman of the bank, announced names of the awardees and the celebration programme at a press conference at the National Press Club in the city Sunday.

The press meet was addressed, among others, by M. Ehsanul Haque, managing director and CEO of Mercantile Bank.

They also shared various different success stories, future plan and corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities of the bank.

Every year, 1.0 per cent of the bank's profit or Tk 4 million (whichever is higher) is donated to the Mercantile Bank Foundation among others, to help the distressed people, flourish the talents and develop the sports.

On the occasion of its 16th anniversary, the bank also arranged a blood donation programme after the press conference.