Mutual Trust Bank PLC (MTB) has been actively contributing to the development of the Hosiery Cluster in Gobindaganj, Gaibandha since 2022. As part of this commitment, MTB recently sanctioned fresh loans to 58 cottage and small-scale manufacturers under the Cluster Finance Refinance Scheme of Bangladesh Bank to help expand their winter apparel manufacturing businesses.
The loan disbursement ceremony was held at Gobindaganj, where Chowdhury Akhtar Asif, Acting Managing Director of MTB, handed over the loan cheques to the entrepreneurs as the Chief Guest. Syeda Yasmin Sultana, Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) of Gobindaganj, and A.K.M. Tareq, Deputy Managing Director & Head of Branch Banking Division of MTB, attended the event as Special Guests.
Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Guest reaffirmed MTB’s commitment to supporting the sustainable growth of the cluster through enhanced access to finance, entrepreneurship development, employee skill enhancement, promotion of digital payments through QR code adoption, and improved financial literacy among cluster members.
Among others, Khalid Hossin, Head of Digital Banking Division, Kudrat-E-Khoda Md. Samiul Karim, Regional Head of MTB, and entrepreneurs from the cluster attended the event.
The program was presided over by Sanjib Kumar Dey, Head of SME & Agri Banking Division of MTB, who assured the entrepreneurs of the bank’s continued support in fostering the growth and competitiveness of the Gobindaganj Hosiery Cluster.