BRAC Bank and Gram Unnayan Karma (GUK) have again signed a strategic alliance to help farmers in remote char areas grow high-value crops using innovative agricultural technology and knowhow. The two organizations will work together as part of a specially designed Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative focused on agriculture. The partnership will provide farmers of Dhunat, Bogura access to machinery and technology, enabling them to enhance harvest of cash crops including maize, jute, mustard, green chilli. Md. Sabbir Hossain, Deputy Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of BRAC Bank and Khondaker Alamgir Hossain, Executive Director of Gram Unnayan Karma inked the agreement on behalf of their respective organizations at bank’s head office on July 9. The signing ceremony was also graced by Syed Abdul Momen, Deputy Managing Director and Head of SME; Ekram Kabir, Head of Communications; Tapos Kumar Roy, Head of MFI and Agriculture Finance, BRAC Bank; Md. Arman Hossain, Deputy Director; Md. Mahbub Alam, Senior Director; Md. Zia Uddin Sardar, Coordinator, Gram Unnayan Karma.
