M. Mukhter Hossain, AMD of Shahjalal Islami Bank Ltd. and Golam Hafiz Ahmed, AMD of NCC Bank Ltd exchange documents after signing an agreement at the SJIBL head office on Monday.

Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited (SJIBL) and National Credit and Commerce Bank Limited (NCCB) signed a strategic business agreement for Xpress Money remittance service in the SJIBL head office on Monday.

Under the agreement, Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited will able to offer Express Money services from its outlets around the country.

M. Mukhter Hossain, Additional Managing Director of Shahjalal Islami Bank and Golam Hafiz Ahmed, Additional Managing Director of NCC Bank signed the agreement on behalf of their respective banks.

Md. Abdur Rahman Sarker, MD & CEO, Md. Abdul Jabber Chowdhury, DMD and M. Akther Hossain, EVP & Head of International Division of Shahjalal Islami Bank and Mohammed Nurul Amin, MD & CEO, ABM Jashim Uddin Ahmed, VP of NCC Bank Limited were also present on the occasion.

News: The Daily Sun/Bangladesh/16th-Oct-12

Iftekhar Ahmed Tipu, Chairman of IFAD Autos Limited, and Farman R Chowdhury, Managing Director of ONE Bank Limited seen at an agreement signing ceremony at IFAD’s head office in Dhaka recently.

News: The Daily Sun/Bangladesh/15th-Oct-12

Abhay Seth, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer of Airtel Bangladesh, and ANM Mahfuz, General Manager of Premium Banking of Standard Chartered Bank, sign agreement at Airtel office in Dhaka recently.

News: The Daily Sun/Bangladesh/9th-Oct-12

KAM Majedur Rahman, Managing Director of Premier Bank, and Desmond Quiah, Country Manager of DHL World-wide Express Bd Limited, exchange documents after signing an agreement in Dhaka recently.

Premier Bank Limited has signed an agreement with DHL World-wide Express Bd Limited on sending officials documents.

KAM Majedur Rahman, Managing Director of Premier Bank and Desmond Quiah, Country Manager of DHL World-wide Express Bd Limited signed the agreement in Dhaka recently, said a press release.

News: The Daily Sun/Bangladesh/2nd-Oct-12

Andrew Tilke, chief executive officer of HSBC Bangladesh, hands over the papers of a deal to Rokia Afzal Rahman, former caretaker government adviser, at a ceremony in the capital yesterday in presence of Hasibur Rahman, executive director of MRDI, and Hedaitul Islam Helal, team leader at Green World Communications. MRDI will use CSR funds to alleviate poverty.

HSBC, MRDI, and Green World Communication Ltd will work together using corporate social responsibility (CSR) funds for an alternative social development support to address poverty, MRDI said in a statement yesterday.

Management and Resources Development Initiative (MRDI) will use the funds to address the crisis of safe drinking water, protect the Sundarbans from pollution and facilitate better livelihood for more than 2,500 poverty-prone people of village Dhengmari.

The project includes pond digging with provision of filtering system, rainwater harvesting plant, distribution of eco-friendly stoves, skills training for women and sapling distribution.

Rokia Afzal Rahman, former adviser to the caretaker government, said the agreement will pave the way for success of CSR in complementing the government's social development efforts and achieving millennium development goals.

She termed it an important step to building partnership between corporate and civil society organisations for

optimum utilisation of CSR funds in development.

Andrew Tilke, chief executive officer of HSBC Bangladesh, said they were helping the community help themselves rather than provide direct support.

MRDI advocates programmes for establishing CSR as an alternative deve-lopment fund which to benefit society at large and take CSR programmes forward to build a caring society, MRDI's

Executive Director Hasibur Rahman said.

The initiative aims at securing life and health of the vulnerable people of remote village Dhengmari of Sundarbans, said Hedaitul Islam Helal, team leader of Green World Communication Ltd.

Andrew Tilke, Hasibur Rahman and Hedaitul Islam Helal signed the agreement on behalf of their organisations.

News: The Daily Star/Bangladesh/19-Sep-12