Banks asked to allocate fund for physically challenged persons

Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN)– The central bank of Bangladesh has asked the commercial banks to allocate fund under annual corporate social responsibility (CSR) programmes to ensure banking services for physically challenged persons.

The Bangladesh Bank (BB) issued a circular in this connection on Wednesday and the chief executive officers and managing directors of the scheduled banks to follow the latest instructions for ensuring banking services for physically challenged persons.

“The central bank wants to bring the physically challenged persons into our banking network through strengthening the ongoing financial inclusion programmes in Bangladesh,” a BB senior official told BBN in Dhaka.

He also said the central bank has already taken different measures to ensure banking services for physically challenged persons.

BBN/SSR/AD-21Jan15-6:36 pm (BST)

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