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Adil Chowdhury, President & Managing Director (CC) of Bank Asia Limited and Nasima Akter Nisha, President of WE (Women & e-Commerce), signs an agreement from their respective sides at the bank’s head office in the capital on Tuesday.Under the deal, Bank Asia and WE will work together to empower women entrepreneurs of CMSMEs through necessary training programs for improving their skills and ensuring financial access, which will ultimately strengthen women empowerment initiatives of the bank as supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Top executives from both sides were present.

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Most shares fall on CSE

Business Desk :A majority of shares on the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) declined on Wednesday, breaking the gaining streak in the last six days.The Caspi,...

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Commercial banks and financial institutions signed deal with Bangladesh Bank (BB) regarding ‘Refinancing Scheme against term financing for Cottage, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (CMSME)’ at BB head office in the capital on Wednesday. 1. Farman R. Chowdhury, Managing Director and CEO of Al-Arafah Islami Bank Limited (AIBL) 2. Mosleh Uddin Ahmed, Managing Director & CEO of South Bangla Agriculture & Commerce (SBAC) Bank Limited 3. Md. Kyser Hamid, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Bangladesh Finance Limited 4. Khwaja Shahriar, Managing Director & CEO of LankaBangla Finance Limited, 5. Syed Mahbubur Rahman, Managing Director and CEO of Mutual Trust Bank Limited (MTB), lead their respective organizations while the central bank’s Governor Abdur Rouf Talukder, lead his side. Abu Farah Md. Nasser, Deputy Governor, Md. Obaidul Hoque, Executive Director and Md. Jaker Hossain, Director of SME & SPD Department of BB, were also present.