Dutch-Bangla Bank donates Tk 9cr for DU research centre

The Dutch-Bangla Bank Ltd (DBBL) yesterday decided to donate Tk 9.73 crore to Dhaka University (DU) for establishing a research centre on the university campus.
The DBBL Board of Directors in its 77th meeting decided to donate the money for constructing an 11-storey research centre 'Dutch-Bangla Bank Centre for Advanced Research in Arts and Social Sciences Bhaban' on the DU campus.
The research centre, which would be the first of its kind in the country, will be supervised by renowned teachers, scholars and researchers. It will also award scholarship to researchers and scholars at home and abroad.
The DBBL formally launched its operation in the country on June 3, 1996, and have been involved in philanthropic and social activities since then.
It established Dutch-Bangla Bank Foundation (DBBF) in June 2001 to conduct humanitarian activities including rehabilitation of the destitute.
The bank has so far taken various Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programmes including scholarship programme for the meritorious and needy students, blind education and rehabilitation organisation, HIV/AIDS assistance programme, smile brighter programme, support to acid and dowry victims, vesico vaginal fistula (VVF) operation to improve women's reproductive health, disaster management programme, and donation to different organisations.
The DBBL received an international award on CSR from Asian Institute of Management, Manila in the 3rd Annual Asian CSR Award ceremony.