Business Desk :
A two-day long ‘Business Development Conference’ of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited begins at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in the capital on Saturday. Professor Md. Nazmul Hassan, Ph.D, Chairman of the bank inaugurated the conference as chief guest. Mohammed Monirul Moula, Managing Director and CEO of the bank, presided over the programme while Professor Dr. Md. Salim Uddin, EC Chairman, Major General (Retd.) Engr. Abdul Matin, Risk Management Committee Chairman, Mohammad Solaiman, Audit Committee Chairman, Professor Md. Kamal Uddin, Ph.D, Md. Joynal Abedin, Professor Dr. Qazi Shahidul Alam, Syed Abu Asad, Dr. Tanveer Ahmad, Md. Quamrul Hasan, Professor Dr. Mohammad Saleh Jahur, Professor Dr. Md. Fashiul Alam, Khurshid-Ul-Alam, Mohammed Nasir Uddin, and Md. Kamal Hossain Gazi, Directors of the bank also attended the conference as special guest. Muhammad Qaisar Ali, Md. Omar Faruk Khan, Additional Managing Directors, Professor Dr. Mohammad Abdus Samad, Member Secretary of IBBL Shari`ah Supervisory Committee along with Deputy Managing Directors, Head Office Executives, Head of Zones and Head of 384 branches of the bank attended the conference through virtual platform from 11 venues across the country, said a press release. The conference disclosed that IBBL has reached deposit milestone of Tk.1383 billion by adding more than Tk.200 billion (as on December 31, 2021) last year in its deposit portfolio. The bank has achieved general investment base of Tk.1177 billion. The bank has consolidated its leadership in handling import, export and remittance business of Tk.645 billion, Tk.302 billion and Tk.505 billion respectively in 2021.