Prime Bank’s training on money laundering awareness

Prime Bank organised a daylong training and awareness programme on "prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing" at The Daily Star Centre in Dhaka on Saturday.

Md Nazrul Islam, executive director of Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU), inaugurated the programme, a press release said.

A total of 112 officials, including branch anti-money laundering compliance officers of the bank's 20 branches of Dhaka region-3, participated in the programme.

The event had four sessions and covered various important topics related to combatting money laundering and financing of terrorism.

Syed Kamrul Islam, additional director of BFIU, and officials of anti-money laundering and combatting financing in terrorism division of the bank, conducted the sessions as resource persons.

An evaluation test for the participants was held at the end of the training programme.

Md Ziaur Rahman, deputy managing director of the bank, Md Iqbal Hossain, senior executive vice-president, and Anup Kanti Das, senior vice-president, were present.