Agrani Bank gives Tk 20 lakh to Ahsania Cancer Hospital

Agrani Bank Managing Director Syed Abu Naser Bakhtiar hands over a cheque for Tk 20 lakh to Dhaka Ahsania Mission President Kazi Rafiqul Alam at the Agrani Bank head office in the city yesterday.

Chairman of Agrani Bank Mohammad Fazlur Rahman handed over a cheque for the amount to DAM President and Chief Executive Kazi Rariqul Alam at a simple ceremony in the conference room of the bank.

"We will give another Tk 40 lakh to the cancer hospital in next two years. We hope this would inspire the private banks to come forward with greater contributions to the hospital," Fazlur Rahman told the ceremony.

Rariqul Alam informed that DAM is constructing the cancer hospital with 500 beds at Uttara at a cost of Tk 200 crore. The construction of the hospital is expected to be completed by 2008.

The function was also addressed by Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Bank Syed Abu Naser Bakhtiar Ahmed and Deputy Managing Director F R M Hafiz Ul Islam, Director of Public Relations Division of DAM Prof Nurul Islam and Project Director Harun-ur-Rashid.