Rupali Bank Limited, a state-owned bank will be turned into one of the best banks in the country in near future as the bank will take a number of initiatives to achieve the goal, chairman of the bank Ahmed Al-Kabir said. Mr Kabir said the bank will launch online services in six months as there is no option other than this to survive competition. He directed the corporate chiefs to complete the installation in time. He said customer-friendly environment in all branches of the bank will be ensured to earn faith from the customers so that they become interested to deposit bigger amount.

The chairman expressed the view at 'Conference-2011 of heads of corporate branches' as the chief guest where M Farid Uddin, managing director of the bank was present as the special guest. Enamul Islam Khan, general manager of the bank, presided over the conference. The chairman said personal behaviour of everybody should be decent and clients' needs must be fulfilled in consultation with seniors if required. He laid emphasis on professional training to serve the clients better service and achieve bank's goal.

The chairman said the bank will open ten GM offices within next six months. Jaglul Karim, deputy managing director, Kazi Mohammad Neamot Ullah, general manager, among others, spoke at the conference.

News: The Financial Express/Bangladesh/11 Feb 2011