Shahjalal Islami Bank awards scholarships to 500 students

Shahjalal Islami Bank yesterday awarded scholarships to 500 meritorious students from around the country who are financially insolvent. 

Some 100 students physically received cheques from Mohammed Younus, chairman, at the bank's corporate head office in Dhaka while the rest will be paid through their bank accounts, said a press release. The bank has been providing this scholarship since 2006.

"Shahjalal Islami Bank Foundation stands by the poor and talented students Even in the current global economic recession. Inshallah, our helping hands will be extended in the near future in the field of cooperation of talented people," Younus said.

Anwer Hossain Khan and Akkas Uddin Mollah, directors, and Mosleh Uddin Ahmed, managing director, were present.