Bangladesh Bank has announced that it had enlisted Modhumati Bank, which recently got licence from the BB, as a scheduled bank.

To this end, the central bank on Tuesday issued a circular to the managing directors and chief executive officers of all the banks asking them to inform this to all of their respective branches.

The BB circular said that the inclusion of Modhumati Bank had already been published in the Bangladesh Gazette.

It said that the new bank was enlisted on June 16.

The BB recently awarded Modhumati Bank the licence to go for full-fledged banking operation, a BB official told New Age on Wednesday.

Before getting the licence from the BB, the new bank had received approval from the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms to form banking companies, he said.

Khondoker Fazle Rashid, Managing Director of Dhaka Bank, and Mizanur Rahman Sinha, Managing Director of Acme Laboratories Limited, exchange documents after signing an agreement at the bank’s head office in Dhaka on Wednesday.

Dhaka Bank Limited signed an agreement with Acme Laboratories Limited on refinancing the projects of the company.

Khondoker Fazle Rashid, Managing Director of Dhaka Bank, and Mizanur Rahman Sinha, Managing Director of Acme Laboratories Limited, signed an agreement on behalf of their respective organisations at the bank’s head office in Dhaka on Wednesday, said a press release.

Nazeem A Choudhury, Head of Consumer Business of EBL and Hamdur Rahman, Head of Sales and Marketing of Navana Limited, are seen signing an MoU at Card Centre of the bank in Dhaka recently.

Eastern Bank Limited signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Navana Limited, a distributor of Camry Hybrid car in Bangladesh in Dhaka recently.

Under the MoU, Eastern Bank Limited’s Signature and Platinum card holders as well as priority customers will enjoy special loan facility and discount while purchasing a brand new Camry Hybrid car, said a press release Tuesday.

Abdul Malek Mollah, Director of Al-Arafah Islami Bank Limited, inaugurates shifted Mirpur branch of the bank at Apon Angina Mirpur City Center at Darus Salam Road in Mirpur-1 in Dhaka Tuesday.

Al-Arafah Islami Bank Limited's Mirpur branch has been shifted to its own premises at Apon Angina Mirpur City Center at Darus Salam Road in Mirpur-1 in Dhaka Tuesday.

Abdul Malek Mollah, director of the bank inaugurated the new branch, said a press release.

Ekramul Hoque, Managing Director of the bank delivered the welcome speech at the dfunction.

Md Mehmood Husain, President and Managing Director of Bank Asia, inaugurates a month-long ‘SALAMAH’ Islamic Service for Dhaka Zone at Paltan Branch in Dhaka on Sunday.

Bank Asia launched a month-long ‘SALAMAH’ Islamic banking service for Dhaka Zone aiming at expanding and popularising Islamic banking among customers of the bank.

Md Mehmood Husain, President and Managing Director of Bank Asia, inaugurated the service at a simple ceremony at Paltan Branch in Dhaka on Sunday, said a press release.

Aminul Islam, Deputy Managing Director, Syed Nazimuddin, Senior Executive Vice President and Head of Foreign Remittance Department, AKM Mizanur Rahman,

First Vice President and Chief of Investment Risk Management of Islamic Banking Division and Hasan A Saimoom, Assistant Vice President and Head of Paltan Branch, attended the function.

Other branches or SME centers in the zone simultaneously inaugurated the program at respective branch premises in presence of valued customers and stakeholders.

‘Salamah’ Islamic Banking Service, a free of charge online banking system of Bank Asia, is now available at all branches of Bank Asia.

Nafeez Imtiaz Karim was awarded with a crest for proposing the Islamic Banking brand name ‘Salamah’ during the function.