Anti-money laundering roadshow starts today

The Teknaf-Tetulia roadshow aimed mainly at raising awareness against money laundering starts today in Cox’s Bazar.
Governor of Bangladesh Bank Atiur Rahman is expected to inaugurate the eight-day roadshow on the premises of Teknaf branch of AB Bank Friday morning.
Bangladesh Bank, in cooperation with 37 other banks and the Small and Medium Enterprise Foundation, is organising the roadshow.
The theme of the roadshow is resisting money laundering and Hundi, promotion of transferring money through legal channels, and creating awareness on SME financing and agriculture loans.
During the roadshow from Teknaf in the south to Tetulia in the north, various programmes along with banking and SME fairs will be held in 13 districts.
All participating banks along with the SME Foundation will be organising individual stalls in the fairs with the objective of creating awareness on anti-money laundering, sending money through legal channels, SME loans and financing, and Agriculture loans.
The programmes include cultural evening on the premises of NCC Bank Cox’s Bazar branch from 5:00pm to 8:30pm today, view exchange meetings on the premises of National Bank Chittagong branch from 4:00pm to 6:30pm on Saturday, Dhaka Bank Feni branch from 10:30am to 1:00pm on Sunday, Prime Bank Comilla branch from 4:30pm to 7:00pm on Sunday, Bangladesh Krishi Bank Tangail branch from 10:30am to 1:00pm on Tuesday, One Bank Sirajganj branch from 5:00pm to 7:30pm on Tuesday, Standard aChartered Bank Bogra branch from 10:30am to 1:00pm on Wednesday, Sonali Bank Rangpur branch from 5:00pm to 7:30pm on Wednesday, Jamuna Bank Dinajpur branch from 10:30am to 1:00pm on Thursday, Uttara Bank Thakurgaon branch from 4:30pm to 7:00pm on Thursday and Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd Panchagarh branch from 10:00am to 12:30pm on Friday.
The road show will conclude with a function starting at 4:30pm on April 2 on the premises of the Tetulia branch of Brac Bank.

Courtesy of UNB via NewAgebd