Banks donate to PM’s relief fund
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina poses with chairmen, directors and managing directors of different private commercial banks at Gono Bhaban in Dhaka on Saturday when the lenders donated blankets to the Prime Minister’s Relief and Welfare Fund. Photo: collected
Private commercial banks have provided donations of blankets and cash to the Prime Minister’s Relief and Welfare Fund.
The banks’ chairpersons, directors and managing directors handed over the donations to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Gono Bhaban in Dhaka on Saturday.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Nazrul Islam Mazumder, chairman of the Bangladesh Association of Banks (BAB) and EXIM Bank, was present.
The donations varied based on instructions from the BAB, top bankers said.
For example, Al-Arafah Islami Bank provided 125,000 blankets, Brac Bank 50,000, Eastern Bank 75,000, AB Bank 50,000 and United Commercial Bank 150,000.
Instead of blankets, Dutch-Bangla Bank provided Tk 10 crore in cash while Dhaka Bank Tk 2 crore.
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