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Online Banking Research Workshop on ‘Are Banks Engaged in SME Cluster Financing?’ held at BIBM

Written by Manager

Wednesday 4th November 2020

Press Release
Dhaka, 04 November, 2020:
A half day long  live Online research workshop on ‘Are Banks Engaged in SME Cluster Financing?’ was held at the Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM) on 04 November,2020. S.M. Moniruzzaman,  Chairman of BIBM Executive Committee and Deputy Governor of Bangladesh Bank was present in the program as the chief guest.  Dr. Md. Akhtaruzzaman, Director General of BIBM Chaired the Program. Mohammed Sohail Mustafa, Associate Professor  & Director (Training) of BIBM delivered welcome address. 

A paper titled ‘Are Banks Engaged in SME Cluster Financing?’ was presented in the program by Dr. Shah Md. Ahsan Habib, Professor (Selection Grade) of BIBM. Other members of the research team are Md. Nehal Ahmed, Professor & Director (DSBM) of BIBM; Rexona Yesmin, Assistant Professor of BIBM; T.I.M. Rawshan Zadeed, Faculty Member of BIBM; Husne Ara Shikha, General Manager of Bangladesh Bank; Farzana Khan, General Manager of SME Foundation; Jannatul Firdaus Tania, Deputy Director of Bangladesh Bank.
Professor Barkat-e-Khuda, Dr.Muzaffer Ahmed Chair Professor  of BIBM; Md. Ali Hossain Prodhania, Managing Director of Bangladesh Krishi Bank; Arif Khan, CEO & Managing Director of IDLC Finance Limited; Md. Shafiqul Islam, Managing Director of  SME Foundation;  spoke among others.
A good number of participants including senior bank executives, academicians, media representatives, faculty members of BIBM took part in the Facebook live review workshop.
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