Export Import Bank Bangladesh Limited has launched two new deposit products, “Exim Ziadiah” and “Exim Ruhama.”

Dr. Mohammed Haider Ali Miah, Managing Director of the Bank officially launches these products as chief guest at a function at a function at the bank’s head office on Wednesday, said a press release.

Md. Fariduddin Ahmed, Adviser and DMD, M. Sirajul Islam, Sirajul Haque Miah, DMDs, Khondoker Rumy Ehsanul Haq and top executives of Exim Bank head office and corporate branch also attended the programme.

Dr. Mohammed Haider Ali Miah says, “EXIM Bank is a customer friendly bank and we always design our products according to the clients’ demand.”

Abu Zafar Hedaytul Islam recently promoted to Deputy Managing Director of Trust Bank Limited.

Prior to his new assignment, he was the Senior Executive Vice President of the bank, said a press release.

He joined the bank as Senior Vice President in October 2003. Before his joining the Trust Bank he worked in Eastern Bank Limited.

He started his banking career as Probationary Officer at IFIC Bank in 1986.

He completed his SSC and HSC examinations from Jhenidah Cadet College, he obtained Hons’ and Master’s degrees in Economics from the Dhaka University.

Speakers asked the newly recruited bankers to gain professional skills as it is inevitable for attaining success in the banking sector for overall socio economic development of the region.

They urged them to make their banking activities client-friendly so that they get total benefits of the banking service.

They were addressing the closing and certificate-giving session of a six-week long foundation training course styled “Skill and Attitude Development” for the newly recruited senior officers of Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) at its training institute here on Monday afternoon.

RAKUB Chairman Prof Dr Shah Nawaz Ali addressed the session as the chief guest while Managing Director Mofazzal Hossain and Directors Saifuddin Ahmed, Prof Obayedur Rahman Pramanik and Prof Modon Mohan Dey and Deputy Managing Director Abu Hanif Khan spoke as special guests with principal of the institute Mozammel Haque in the chair.

The speakers highlighted the importance of the bank in agricultural development of the northwest Bangladesh and asked the officers to apply the knowledge acquired from the training in the professional field properly for boosting agricultural production in the region.

As the largest development partner in the agricultural sector of the northwest Bangladesh, RAKUB plays a vital role to earn economic emancipation and free the nation from poverty and hunger through boosting credit-flow to the potential agricultural fields, they added.

In this regard, they asked them to discharge their duties with utmost sincerity and honesty to brighten the image of the bank.

Main objective of the course was to improve skills and attitude alongside enhancing professional competence of the officers through disseminating ideas about operation, administration and other related matters of the bank.

Bangladesh Development Bank (BDBL), a state-owned commercial bank, has earned around Taka 250 crore as operational profit during the 2013 calendar year, which is Taka 147 crore more than 2012.

“There were many reasons especially introduction of this year’s commercial banking, foreign exchange and share market have helped us earn the profit,” Dr Zillur Rahman, Managing Director of the bank, told BSS on Tuesday.

Dr Rahman said the BDBL had only Taka 850 crore when it went into operation and now its paid up capital stood at Taka 1,150 crore.

He said the bank will introduce mobile banking soon aimed at reaching their services at the doorstep of the disadvantaged group.

“We’ve dispatched our mobile banking course to the Bangladesh Bank. We’ll sign an agreement with the agent banks this month,” he said.

The senior banker said, “We are hoping that we will be able to start out mobile banking by February.”

The BDBL, having Taka 3,000 crore as asset and liability of Taka 1,500 crore, now has 26 branches across the country, of which, three branches are in rural areas.

Mutual Trust Bank Limited (MTB) recently opened three branches.

The 90th branch was opened at Rajobi Plaza at Ashulia, the 91st branch at Wajib Tower at Kalurghat, Chittagong and the 92nd branch at Sikder Marketat Monipur Bazar in Gazipur.

Khokan Roy, renowned businessman, inaugurated MTB Ashulia Branch while AKM Jaglul Haque, Regional Director, BSCIC, Chittagong, inaugurated MTB Kalurghat Branch and Advocate Rina Pervin, inaugurated MTB Monipur Bazar Branch, said a press release.