Janata Bank launches remittance service month

To commemorate the role of expatriates in the July 2021 mass uprising, Janata Bank PLC has inaugurated a month-long foreign remittance service.

The campaign was officially launched at the bank's headquarters today. Dr Ahsan H. Mansur, Governor of Bangladesh Bank, joined the ceremony virtually to declare the remittance service month open. He urged all banks to introduce mobile-app-based facilities enabling expatriates to send remittances from home with ease. "Overseas Bangladeshis played a vital role in the July uprising," he noted, "and deserve special concessions when sending remittances."

Present in person were His Excellency Mr Tarek Ahmed, Bangladesh's Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates; Md Fazlur Rahman, Chairman of Janata Bank; Md Mojibur Rahman, Managing Director; and Golam Mortuza and Md Nazrul Islam, Deputy Managing Directors. Also attending were Ashraful Alam, senior managers from the head office, and other senior executives and officers. Under this initiative, Bangladeshi expatriates in the UAE can remit up to AED 1,500 to their families in Bangladesh without any service charge. The bank hopes this concession will encourage greater inflows of remittances and further solidify the bond between expatriate Bangladeshis and their homeland.