Private commercial banks donated 26.45 lakh blankets to the Prime Minister's Relief Fund to come to the benefit of underprivileged people in upcoming winter.

A total of 36 banks handed over the blankets to Ahmad Kaikaus, principal secretary to Prime Minister's Office, at the office in Dhaka on Wednesday as part of their corporate social responsibility.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina joined the programme through a video conference from Gono Bhaban in the capital.

Romana Rouf Chowdhury, a director of Bank Asia; ATM Hayatuzzaman Khan, former chairman and sponsor of Dhaka Bank; Md Nazrul Islam Mazumder, chairman of Exim Bank;

Md Nazmul Hassan, chairman of Islami Bank Bangladesh; Morshed Alam, chairman of Mercantile Bank; MA Rouf, a director of Mutual Trust Bank; Md Abul Bashar, vice chairman of NCC Bank; Mohammed Adnan Imam, a director of NRBC Bank; HBM Iqbal, chairman of Premier Bank; Monzurur Rahman, chairman of Pubali Bank; Tariqul Islam Chowdhury, managing director of SBAC Bank; Anwer Hossain Khan, a director of Shahjalal Islami Bank; Kazi Akram Uddin Ahmed, chairman of Standard Bank; Faruq Mainuddin, managing director of Trust Bank; Anisuzzaman Chowdhury Ronny, chairman of the executive committee of United Commercial Bank, and ABM Mokammel Hoque Chowdhury, managing director of Union Bank, handed over the blankets on behalf of the respective banks.