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City Bank recently signed an agreement with Bangladesh Agricultural University to work together to establish a knowledge partnership at the City Bank centre in the capital.
This partnership will assist education and human resources development in the field of agriculture to increase agricultural production and its quality, capacity building and innovation, said a press release.
City Bank will provide a sizeable fund to the agricultural sector throughout the year 2023 as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The fund will be focused on agricultural research and development areas to ensure sustainable food security in Bangladesh.
The areas will cover the capacity building of agricultural research in higher education, collaborative agricultural development research and innovation to increase production through technology transfer, agricultural mechanisation etc.
Bangladesh Agricultural University Research System (BAURES), Institute of Bangladesh Agricultural University will execute the whole programme on behalf of the bank.
City Bank CEO and Managing Director Mashrur Arefin and Bangladesh Agricultural University Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Lutful Hassan signed the agreement on behalf of their respective organisations.
Prof Dr AKM Mominul Islam of Bangladesh Agricultural University, Dr Md Zainul Abedin, director of Bangladesh Agricultural University Research System Mohammad Mahbubur Rahman, additional managing director and CFO and high officials of both organisations were also present at the signing ceremony.
