Making Bangladesh as “Smart Bangladesh”, Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) arranged the business review and annual planning meeting for the Managers and other staffs of RAKUB (North and South) Zones at ICT building at Rural Development Academy (RDA) in Bogura on Saturday.

The day-long programme was presided over by General Manager of RAKUB head office Maksuda Nasrin while newly appointed Managing Director (MD) of RAKUB Niranjan Chandra Debnath was present as the chief guest.

Special guests were newly appointed Deputy Managing Director (DMD) of RAKUB Md. Abdur Rahim, General Manager Shawkat Shahidul Islam, DGM Mahamudul Alam, DGM Belal Hossain, DGM Helal Uddin and AGM and Zonal Head of Bogura (North) Shahinur Islam.

Staff Officer to RAKUB MD and AGM Ziaul Haque, other high officials, Managers, Second men and Cashiers of 36 branches under RAKUB Bogura (North and South) zones were also present in the programme. The two-phase-based programme was presented by RAKUB Shariakandi branch Manager SPO ATM Sharifur Rahman.

Managing Director (MD) of RAKUB Niranjan Chandra Debnath said that RAKUB has been absolutely focusing on agriculture and it has been disbursing loan without security money ensuring food-safety declared by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

The Bank specially has been rendering services to the root-level farmers and disadvantaged people from 333 branches in the villages and only 50 branches in town under under 18 zones of Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions in Bangladesh, added the MD of RAKUB.

Special guests said that RAKUB has to enhance business volume, increase deposit, and make it pro-public bank with huge honesty and accountability so that out of 61 banks of Bangladesh, RAKUB can hold number one position among them.

To make Bangladesh as the dream-country of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, team work must be needed to improve the lot of the common people, farmers of Bangladesh and they wished to Bogura Zone is the best zone out of the 18 zones of RAKUB in Bangladesh, added they.

Earlier, on Friday evening, MD and DMD and other high officials of RAKUB inaugurated the new office of Bogura Corporate branch of RAKUB at Nabab Bari Road in Bogura town.