Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN) - The 4th annual general meeting (AGM) of Primary Dealers Bangladesh Limited (PDBL) was held at a city hotel recently.
Chief Executives, Managing Directors and their representatives, high officials and Treasury Heads of the PDBL attended the meeting. Officials and guests from audit farm, Bangladesh Bank, print and electronic media were also present in the meeting.
The meeting was chaired by MD and CEO of National Credit and Commerce Bank Limited Mohammed.Nurul Amin, a press statement said.
The audited balance sheet, income and expenditure statement and receipts & payments statement for the year ended 2011 of PDBL were presented in the annual general meeting for consideration and adoption and unanimously adopted by the house after discussion. Malek Siddiqui Wali, Chartered Accountants Firm, reappointed to audit the accounts of PDBL for the year 2012.
An eight member board of directors of PDBL was formed in the meeting.
Members of board are: Managing Director & CEO of Sonali Bank Limited, Managing Director and CEO of National Credit and Commerce Bank Limited, CEO and Managing Director of Janata Bank Limited, Managing Director and CEO of Agrani Bank Limited, Managing Director and CEO of Mutual Trust Bank Limited, Managing Director and CEO of Mercantile Batik Limited, Managing Director, Prime Bank Limited and CEO and Managing Director of LankaBangla Finance Limited.
Ehsan Khasru, Managing Director of Prime Bank Limited was elected Chairman and Anis A Khan, Managing Director & CEO, Mutual Trust Bank Limited was elected Vice-chairman of PDBL by the newly-formed board of directors.
A nine member technical committee of PDBL was also formed in the meeting with Abdus Sobhan Khan, Executive Vice President of National Bank Limited as convener.
He was authorised to form a committee by the officials from the PDBL member organisations Janata Bank Limited, Jamuna Bank Limited, Southeast Bank Limited, Uttara Bank Limited, National Credit & Commerce Bank Limited, Mercantile Batik Limited, AB Bank Limited and International Leasing & Financial Services Limited.
The central bank earlier selected 15 PDs -- 12 banks and three non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) -- to deal with government securities in the secondary market.
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