31-10-2022

monday, october 31, 2022
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Premier Bank
Inaugurates
Farmgate Branch
The Premier Bank Limited has
recently launched Farmgate
branch at Dhaka to provide the
most modern banking services
to the customers of the locality,
a press release said.
Managing Director & CEO
of the Bank M. Reazul Karim,
FCMA and Advisor of the
Bank Muhammed Ali
inaugurated the branch at
76/A, Kazi Nazrul Islam
Avenue, Farmgate, through a
ribbon cutting ceremony in the
presence of Syed Nowsher Ali,
Deputy Managing Director;
Shamsuddin Chowdhury,
Deputy Managing Director,
prominent businessman and
the owner of Babul Tower Mr.
Babul Mia and local eminent
business personalities.
M. Reazul Karim, FCMA,
Managing Director and CEO
of the bank, thanked everyone
and stated "In 23 years of
success and prosperity,
Premier Bank has had an
important role in contributing
to the financial sector and the
economic growth of the
country, earning the trust of
the people. We are hopeful that
within the next years our bank
will be one of the top
performing banks of the
country based on all
parameters."
Muhammed Ali, Advisor to
the bank, stated in his speech
"Bangladesh is moving
forward towards the goal of
becoming a developed and
prosperous nation and in this
23 year's journey Premier
Bank continues to be a major
and significant contributor due
to the various progressive
strategies we have adopted.
StanChart came forward to start
'FRIENDSHIP Solar Village'
DHAKA : Standard Chartered Bank
Bangladesh (SCB) in collaboration with
Friendship launched a new environmental
sustainability project in a remote
sedimentary river island (char), named
Ghughumari Char under Ulipur Upazila
of Kurigram district.
The 54 KW solar power project is jointly
implemented by International Social
Organisation FRIENDSHIP and
Standard Chartered Bank, Bangladesh,
said a press release.
The established Char Ghughumari solar
power project is named the
'FRIENDSHIP-SCB Solar Village Project.
On this occasion, an agreement signing
ceremony was organized at the head office
of FRIENDSHIP in Baridhara of the
capital.
FRIENDSHIP founder executive
director Runa Khan and Standard
Chartered Bank Chief Executive Officer
Naser Ezaz, signed the agreement on
behalf of their respective organisations.
The project encompasses three
components: three types of tree plantation
across 150 households, 60 tube well
installations and a solar village (solar
micro-gird) to provide uninterrupted
electricity for all the char households.
This particular char is selected as it is one
of the most remote chars of the district,
and there's no scope for grid electricity
connection there.
As such, the installation of a costefficient
54 KW solar microgrid is essential
to connect over 750 beneficiaries (of 150
households) to a much-needed renewable
energy source. In addition to electricity,
each family is getting various types of local
environment-friendly trees for sustainable
development. And 60 tube wells are being
provided for drinking water. The project
officials hope that the benefits will be
ensured among the residents by 2023.
Runa Khan, the founder and Executive
Director of FRIENDSHIP, explained the
reason behind the establishment of the
solar village at char Ghughumari.
She said that it is very difficult to supply
electricity from the main grid to the
Brahmaputra River. "So char
Ghughumari has been chosen to ensure
electricity facilities. The executive director
of FRIENDSHIP also said that the Plants
of the Project will play an important role to
face natural disasters like Monsoon floods
and river erosion," she added.
Naser Ezaz, Chief Executive Officer of
Standard Chartered Bank said, "This
initiative is a multi-pronged effort that is
targeted at helping a once isolated island to
become more connected to the mainland.
By facilitating access to energy, residents
across the Ghughumari Char will be given
the power to explore new opportunitieschildren
on the island will be empowered
to learn with ease, new avenues of work
will come into the light.
Six get life-term jail for
killing man in Ctg
CHATTOGRAM : A
Chattogram court yesterday
awarded life- term
imprisonment to six people
for killing a man at East
Borogona under Banskhali
upazila of the district in
1993.
Sixth Additional District
and Sessions Judge Saifur
Rahman Mozumdar
delivered the verdict on
Sunday in presence of the
six accused.
The convicts are-Dil
Mohammad, Nazrul Islam
and Kabir Ahmed, sons of
Siddik Ahmed, Md Ali, son
of Amir Hamza, Dula Mia,
son of late Shehab Mia and
Harunur Rashid, son of
Saber Ahmed hailed from
Borogona area of
Gondamara union under
Banskhali upazila of the
district.
The court also fined each
convict Taka 20,000, in
default, to suffer six months
more in jail.
Another six people were
acquitted for death during
the trial of the case.
The prosecution story, in
brief, the convicts beaten to
death one Md Hasan in the
area over previous enmity
around 3 pm on October 23,
1993.
Victim's father
Mohammad Jane Alam
filed a murder case with
Banskhali Police Station
against 12 people.
Police submitted chargesheet
on April 30 in 1994
against them while the court
framed charges against
them on June 11, 1998.
The court pronounced the
verdict yesterday after
examining 12 prosecution
witnesses out of 20 and
awarded the judgement.
They have been sent to jail
after announcing the
verdict.
Biman to launch
Sylhet-Sharjah direct
flight tomorrow
SYLHET : Biman
Bangladesh Airlines
(Biman) is going to launch
direct flight from Sylhet to
Sharjah of the United Arab
Emirates (UAE) from
November 1.
The BG-251 flight of
Biman's Boeing-737 model
will leave Sylhet's Osmani
International Airport for
Sharjah with 164 passengers
on board at 10:30pm on the
day.
According to airport
officials, the runway and
terminal of Osmani
International Airport is
being expanded, which is
increasing the capacity of the
airport.
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