Haluaghat, 14 August 2010

Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited (DBBL), a joint venture commercial bank between Bangladeshi parties and the Dutch company FMO, recently announced to bear the bulk of the costs of the construction of the Children’s Village Haluaghat. In recognition of this generous commitment the children’s village will be named Ekmattra-Dutch-Bangla Bank Academy.

On August 17, 2010 Ekmattra and DBBL will officially celebrate the start of construction on the Children’s Village Haluaghat. On this occasion DBBL’s chief executive officer will hand over the first check in front of a high-profile audience including Bangladesh’s State Minister for Cultural Affairs Promod Mankin, the governor of the Haluaghat Upazila and the Japanese ambassador to Bangladesh. More than 1000 people have been invited to Haluaghat for this milestone event. The program will start at noon and end around 2.30 p.m. local time.

The whole event will be filmed and photographed. We will report about the event and the details of Ekamttra’s agreement with DBBL shortly.