Business Desk :
NRBC Bank has provided Tk 12 lakh as cash assistance for 600 helpless and distressed people who are affected by the covid-19 pandemic.
AKM Mostafizur Rahman, director of the bank, distributed the money at Uzirpur in Barisal district on Wednesday, said a press release.
Each family received Tk 2,000 under a special corporate social responsibly (CSR) programme of the bank.
Besides, NRBC Bank has been providing healthcare and medical equipment to various hospitals and emergency workers in the country, an assortment of food items to the destitute and helpless people, and providing scholarships to the poor meritorious students since the beginning of the pandemic, the release said.
In addition to traditional banking, the bank has launched a virtual ‘Health Desk’ with a call centre to provide a 24-hour healthcare service to customers and the general people.
