NCC Bank PLC has recently distributed free agricultural inputs to 1,500 marginal farmers in Nilphamari Sadar, Dimla and Domar upazilas under a special corporate social responsibility programme aimed at raising farm output, improving farmers’ financial capacity and supporting food security.
The inputs included high-yielding rice seeds of various varieties and different types of fertiliser, distributed at three separate events in the three upazilas.
Former Nilphamari-1 MP Shahrin Islam Chowdhury Tuhin attended as chief guest and NCC Bank Chairman Mohammad Nurun Newaz Selim as special guest. NCC Bank Managing Director M Shamsul Arefin presided. Nilphamari District Council Administrator Advocate Md Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury was special guest.
Tuhin welcomed the initiative, saying marginal farmers in Nilphamari would benefit and the programme would support their economic development. He thanked NCC Bank for standing by farmers.
NCC Bank Vice-Chairman Abdus Salam, Executive Committee Chairman Khairul Alam Chaklader, Additional Managing Director Md Zakir Anam, senior bank officials, administration officials, local public representatives and local dignitaries were present at the event, said a press release on Sunday.
