Call to ensure farmers-friendly banking

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BSS, Rajshahi :
Speakers in a banking related review meeting asked the zonal managers of Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) to speed up its farmers-level lending activities for boosting agricultural production to meet the gradually increasing national food demand.
They said all the credit programmes of the bank should be need-oriented and emphasis should be given on reaching banking services to the doorstep of the farmers.
They were addressing a daylong quarterly performance evaluation meeting of all the zones of the bank held in the bank’s training institute in the city Sunday.
All the 18 zonal managers and audit officers and others concerned from both Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions were present at the review meeting.
Managing Director Monzur Ahmed and Deputy Managing Director Abdul Khaleque Khan addressed the conference as chief and special guests respectively. General Manager ((Rajshahi division) Abdus Samad and General Manager (Rangpur division) Abdul Latif also spoke.
The speakers laid stress on bringing all the existing potential sectors and sub-sectors of agriculture and its processing under qualitative and quantitative financing for making the country’s northwest region economically vibrant.
For the sake of sustainable livelihood development of the farmers and for bolstering the agro-based economy, the speakers called for ensuring accountable, transparent and farmers-friendly banking services as a whole.
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