Dhaka, May 19 -- Standard Chartered Bangladesh CEO Naser Ezaz Bijoy, its Head of Corporate Affairs (Brand and Marketing) Bitopi Das Chowdhury, Executive Director of Friendship Runa Khan, Executive Director of UCEP Bangladesh Md Abdul Karim, CEO of Ispahani Islamia Eye Institute and Hospital AKM Akhtaruzzaman, and founder of TMSS Dr Hosne-Ara Begum attend a press conference held at a city hotel on Sunday.

Nearly 18 million people have benefitted from the development activities supported by Standard Chartered Bangladesh (SCB) through various local and international organisations in the last five years.

SCB has also focused on ensuring social development by making rural communities self-reliant, strengthening the agricultural sector, expan...