Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited inaugurated its Rural Development Scheme (Small Investment) Campaign with the slogan “Expansion of Small Investment, Development of Rural Bangladesh”.
Md. Mahbub ul Alam, Managing Director & CEO of the bank, inaugurated the campaign on Tuesday at Islami Bank Tower as the chief guest.
Mohammed Monirul Moula, Additional Managing Director, Abu Reza Md. Yeahia and Md. Saleh Iqbal, Deputy Managing Directors addressed the program as special guests.
Presided over by Md. Abdul Jabbar, Deputy Managing Director, the program was addressed by M. Zubayer Azam Helali, Executive Vice President and Head of Rural Development Division of the bank. Executives and Employees of Head Office and Zones in Dhaka City were present in the program. This campaign shall bring rural people of remote areas of the country under financial inclusion and provide modern technology-based services of IBBL to enrich the rural economy through small investment countrywide.
Md. Mahbub ul Alam said in his speech as chief guest that IBBL has been playing important role in the development of cities and villages in line with the country's progress and national development policies. The Rural Development Scheme of IBBL under its 288 branches serving the people across the 23 thousand villages of 64 districts. Now its member is 11.5 lac of which 92 percent are women having investment in this scheme is around Tk three thousand crore, he said. IBBL is providing technology-based banking services in rural areas to make the country as Golden Bangladesh through uplifting the living standard of rural people, entrepreneurship development and empowerment of women, he said.
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