Eastern Bank Ltd. (EBL) successfully closed Bangladesh’s first local currency interest rate swap deal with Pran Agro Ltd., a press release said on Wednesday. Ali Reza Iftekhar, MD and CEO of EBL., R shared his views at the conference. Bayazid Sarker, Additional Director, FEPD from Bangladesh Bank; Uzma Chowdhury, Director, PRAN- RFL Group; Ahmed Shaheen, AMD and Head of Corporate Banking; Riad Mahmud Chowdhury, DMD and Head of Corporate Business, Dhaka; Mehdi Zaman, DMD and Head of Treasury, FIs and Offshore Banking from EBLand other representatives from both the organizations were also present at the event.