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NCC Bank has celebrated ‘International Women's Day-2022’ with this year’s theme "Break the Bias" at its head office on Tuesday.
Tanzina Ali, Vice-Chairman, and Sohela Hossain, former Vice-Chairman & Director of the bank, inaugurated the event by cutting a cake with other female officials of head office.
Mohammad Mamdudur Rashid, Managing Director & CEO presided over the ceremony, the bank said in a statement.
Deputy Managing Director, Khondoker Nayeemul Kabir, Head of Sustainable Finance Unit Nighat Mumtaz, Manager of Sonargaon Janapath Road branch Sanjeeda Ismail Chaudhuri along with members of the senior management team of the bank were also present on the occasion.
Other female officials of Dhaka city branches participated in the programme while Syed Hasnain Mamun, Head of HRD was the master of the ceremony.
In her speech, Sohela Hossain said that at present female officials in the banking sector are showing enough capabilities and improving efficiency at their own initiatives.
She added that women's empowerment is essential for long-term sustainable economic development including the banking sector as well as the overall development of the country. “Our collective achievements will be disrupted if half of the population women are left behind.”
Tanzina Ali said that since its very inception NCC Bank has been working to create a conducive environment and specialised opportunities for women officers. The bank is committed to safeguarding the women officials and eliminating any form of harassment in order to create a women-friendly working atmosphere for them.
Mohammad Mamdudur Rashid said that women officials should come forward and show their efficiency in handling technology-based services such as mobile banking, Artificial intelligence or innovation services, etc. as the future of the financial sector will depend on technology.
