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BSS, Kurigram

Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RKUB) distributed loan amount Taka 13.68 crore for crops, fisheries development, poultry, agriculture, irrigation equipment and agro-based industry set-up due to poverty alleviation during the 2007-08 fiscal.

RAKUB sources said, the loan distributed from 21 branches of the bank in the district from 1st July to 31st December, 2007.

The loans distributed in sub-sectors are Tk 6,46,10,000 among 3,265 farmers, fisheries development Tk 1,20,000 for three persons, Tk 59,55,000 among 137 persons for poultry, Tk 1,56,000 among three persons for purchasing agri-equipment, current loan activities of the Bank Taka 1,95,87,000 among 100 persons, other loan activities Taka 3,84,29,000 among 1,482 persons, In different heads of the poverty alleviation Taka 79,61,000 was distributed among 1,365 persons.

Meanwhile, Chairman of the Cooperative Bank Abdul Latif Mandol inaugurated a bank loan distribution programme at Zilla Parishad auditorium here on Saturday.

Bank sources said, the loan distribution programme has been started here after 18 years. From now on the bank will give loans to business, entreprenuers including cooperative persons.