NCC Bank distributes free agricultural materials to marginal farmers in Bogura

NCC Bank has distributed agricultural materials at free of cost among 1,000 marginal farmers in Bogura Sadar and Sonatola Upazila as part of its corporate social responsibility to increase agricultural production.

Local Member of the Parliament Shahadara Mannan attended the ceremony as the chief guest while Managing Director & CEO of the bank Mohammad Mamdudur Rashid presided over the ceremony, says a press release.

They distributed various types of seeds, fertiliser and pesticides among the marginal farmers of Sonatola Upazila in Bogura on June 17. Chairman of Sonatola Upazila Parishad Advocate Minhaduzzaman Liton, Deputy Executive Director of TMSS Md Sohrab Ali Khan and Chairman of Baluahat Union Parishad Bir Muktijoddha Md Abdul Aziz Mondal graced the occasion as special guests at Sonatola. 

Besides, in Bogura Sadar CSR programme, Managing Director & CEO of NCC Bank Mohammad Mamdudur Rashid presided over the ceremony while Additional District Magistrate Afsana Yaesmin, Director of Bangladesh Bank, Bogura Badiuzzaman Didar, Executive Director of TMSS Prof Dr Hosne-Ara Begum, Deputy Executive Director of TMSS Md Sohrab Ali Khan were present as special guests and distributed various types of seeds, fertiliser and pesticides among the marginal farmers. SEVP & Company Secretary Md Monirul Alam and SVP of CRM Division Muhammad Shahidul Islam along with Manager and officers of Bogura branch of NCC Bank were also present at the ceremony.

Member of the Parliament Shahadara Mannan considered this agriculture material distribution as a great initiative of the bank and said that marginal farmers of this area will be benefited through these activities.

She thanked the NCC Bank’s authorities for coming forward to the Prime Minister’s call to cultivate every inch of land across the country.

Director of Bangladesh Bank, Bogura, Badiuzzaman Didar, welcomed NCC Bank’s CSR activities in agricultural sector and expressed hope that NCC bank along with other banks and financial institutions will invest more in this sector in future also.

Managing Director and CEO Mohammad Mamdudur Rashid said that NCC Bank is working for food security of our country as announced by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

He also said NCC Bank is supporting to the marginal farmers as a part of social responsibility which will play significant role in the economic development of the country.