To empower and inspire Bangladesh’s growing freelancing community, Eastern Bank PLC. (EBL) has launched an innovative ‘EBL Freelancer Ambassador Program’. The initiative is expected to promote financial inclusion and to contribute to the nation’s economic progress. Md. Zakir Hossain Chowdhury, Deputy Governor of Bangladesh Bank, Mitchel Lee, Chargé d’affaires of Singapore High Commission, and Ali Reza Iftekhar, Managing Director and CEO of EBL, formally inaugurated EBL Freelancer Ambassador Program at a ceremony held at the bank’s head office in the city on 23 December. Present at the event were Ahmed Shaheen, Additional Managing Director; M Khorshed Anowar, Deputy Managing Director and Head of Retail and SME Banking; Syed Zulkar Nayen, Head of Business, Eastern Bank along with freelancers, industry leaders, academicians, and young professionals.
