Mujib Borsho: Pvt banks to hold special programme

All private banks of the country have taken a special programme marking the birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

According to the programme details, all staff, including executives of the banks, will stand in line in front of their branches wearing t-shirts and holding placards with the "Mujib Borsho" logo for ten minutes, at 10am tomorrow.

All banking activities will be suspended for ten minutes for the programme.

Chairmen and director of the banks will also stand with t-shirts and placards in front of the head office, according to an official letter issued by the Bangladesh Association of Bankers (BAB) recently.

BAB took the decision to celebrate Mujib Borsho following an executive committee meeting on March 5, reads the letter signed by it's secretary general.

Directors of the banks will also cut a cake at their respective banks' boardrooms, while branch offices will also cut cakes, according to programme details.

All bank head offices and branches will capture photographs of their programmes and make three albums. One of those will be sent to the Bangabandhu Memorial Trust through the prime minister, one will be sent to BAB office and the third will be preserved at the respective banks' head offices, reads the programme details.

The banks will also preserve these t-shirts and placards, which will be provided by BAB, to use it at the grand rally scheduled to be held in November. BAB further asked banks to send a photograph of Mujib corner of the member banks' head office to BAB office separately. A documentary video will be made on Mujib corner, which will be showed to the prime minister.

According to sources, there are some 43 private banks in the country, operating through around 10,000 branches. The BAB is supposed to provide about 1.5 lakh t-shirts to the bank staff for the programme, sources added. Meanwhile, state banks of the country will celebrate the birth cemetery of Bangabandhu today. According to sources, high officials of state banks will place floral wreathes at Bangabandhu's memorial, and offer prayers at their offices.