Anis A Khan, second from right, managing director of Mutual Trust Bank , exchanges documents with Hasibur Rahman, executive director of Management and Resources Development Initiative, after signing a deal to provide education funds under corporate social responsibility to a school at Char Fashion in Bhola. Rokia Afzal Rahman, centre, former caretaker government adviser, is also seen.

Management and Resources Development Initiative (MRDI) yesterday signed a deal with Mutual Trust Bank (MTB) and Sharifpara Temporary Registered Primary School of Char Fashion, Bhola to help flourish the school.

The Bank will provide funds for renovating the school and payment of two years' salary of teachers as part of its corporate social responsibility.

MRDI will supervise and monitor the progress of the activities.

The programme is a part of MRDI and Manusher Jonno Foundation's initiative with an objective to use CSR funds as an alternative social development support.

Anis A Khan, MTB managing director; Hasibur Rahman, executive director of MRDI, and Md Abul Kashem, headmaster of the school, inked the deal.

Rokia Afzal Rahman, former caretaker government adviser and adviser to MRDI's CSR team, was present at the ceremony as the guest of honour.

Rokia Rahman stressed the need for widening policy support to encourage the corporate sector to come forward with CSR activities that directly address poverty and thanked MTB for joining MRDI in this initiative.

“Broad-based financial inclusion of poor and marginalised people should be recognised as an important component of CSR,” she said.

Khan applauded the role of MRDI in connecting corporate sector with the community and facilitating proper use of CSR money in addressing priority needs.

“MTB takes pride in extending support to education of deprived children and hopes that other institutions would also come forward to help further the educational requirements of the children of remote char areas.”

Involvement of the corporate sector in such development programmes can substantially contribute to the achievement of annual development plans of the government and millennium development goals in the long run, said Hasibur Rahman.

The school's headmaster expressed

his gratitude to MTB and MRDI for seeking out the remote village, which is deprived

of the benefits of all developmental programmes and providing educational facilities for its children.

The Daily Star/Bangladesh/ 16th Jan 2012

Karmasangsthan Bank (KB) has planned to expand its network by introducing some new loan schemes with a view to involving more unemployed youths in the economic activities. “We’ve a plan to set up 42 more branches in the current fiscal year,” KB managing director Mustak Ahmed said, adding that the bank will gradually expand its operation in all upazilas.

At present, the bank has a total of 208 branches covering all divisional headquarters and 144 upazilas.
Although development of agro-based industries is a major area of the bank’s credit programmes, it has also separate programme for parents of child labours, said Mustak Ahmed.

From the current fiscal year, the bank will introduce some new loan schemes that include providing credit support to overseas jobseekers, unemployed physicians for setting up chambers and clinics and ICT experts to start cybercafe, and other ICT-related businesses.

“I think these new credit programmes will help create employment opportunities for those youths who are skilled but unemployed,” he added.

Established in 1998, the bank has so far provided loans worth Tk 1211 crores to 222,670 clients and this credit support has created employment opportunities for more than eight lakh people across the country.

Source: The Independent / Bangladesh/ 19h Nov 2011

The plaque of Jamuna Bank Medical College and Hospital was unveiled at a function recently held at Rupshi of Rupganj upazilla in Narayanganj district.

Director of Jamuna Bank Ltd Golam Dastagir Gazi Bir Protik MP formally unveiled the plaque as chief guest, says a press release.

Chirman of Jamuna Bank Foundation Alhaj Nur Mohammed pres- ided over the function.

Directors of the Bank Abu Khair Mohammad, Kanutosh Majumder, Md Shakhawat, Ismail Hossain Siraji, Hasina Gazi, Gazi Golam Murtoza and Managing Diretcor Matiur Rahman, among local elites, were also present.

Source: The Daily Sun/ Bangladesh/ 16th Nov 2011

Jamuna Bank Limited inaugurated a free sewing centre and a vocational training centre for the underprivileged women and deprived meritorious students respectively.

The projects financed by Jamuna Bank Foundation are situated at Jafrabad, Mohammadpur in the city.

Al-Haj Nur Moha-mmed, chairman of the Jamuna Bank Foundation inaugurated the projects as chief guest while managing director of the bank Md Motior Rahman presided over the programme.

Among others, Kanutosh Majumder, director of JBL, deputy managing director of Jamuna Bank, Md Abul Shahjahan, head of all divisions, head office and all branches of Dhaka city of the bank and the reputed persons of Mohammadpur area were present on the occasion.

Source: daily-sun, Bangladesh/16th June, 2011