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BUSINESS REPORT

Under the DBBL-Scholarship Programme, Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited awarded scholarships to 100 meritorious students, including eight physically challenged who passed HSC Examination in 2007 and studying at graduate level in different universities and colleges of the country.

Finance and Planning Adviser Dr AB Mirza Md Azizul Islam was present as the chief guest and gave away the Scholarship Awarding Letters to the recipients at a simple ceremony held at Hotel Purbani in the city on June 24.Md Yeasin Ali, Managing Director of Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited presided over the function.

In his speech, Finance Adviser Dr AB Mirza Azizul Islam lauded the scholarship programme of Dutch-Bangla Bank and recalled other philanthropic activities of the bank.

He expressed the hope that all the corporate bodies of the country would come forward with such programmes for the benefit of the society.

Referring to the performance of the bank, the Adviser expressed his deep satisfaction. He extended his sincere thanks to the members of the Board of Directors of the bank for their benevolent initiatives.

The Finance Adviser also congratulated the students who got DBBL's Scholarship.

Md Yeasin Ali, Managing Director of the bank in his address informed that the bank established Dutch-Bangla Bank Foundation in 2001 to undertake the philanthropic activities and since then the bank has already donated more than Tk 100 crore for the benefit of the society. Under the DBBL Scholarship Programme, the bank has already awarded scholarships to 1,520 students and the bank spends amounting to Tk 4 crore per year in this regard.

The Managing Director mentioned that the bank, instead of spending money in conventional ways for celebrating its founding anniversary, has taken a number of philanthropic and social programmes for the betterment of the distressed people.

Among the scholarship awardees, a blind student Khokan Chandra Barman of the Department of International Relations, University of Dhaka, also spoke on the occasion.

He expressed the gratitude to the DBBL authorities for taking up such a noble initiative.

Additional Managing Director of Dutch-Bangla Bank AHM Nazmul Quadir extended vote of thanks.

Among others, Dr Mozammel Hossain Khan, Coordinator, Dutch-Bangla Bank Foundation also spoke at the function. Senior executives of the bank were also present at the function.