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Word of mouth HAPPENING

Dhaka Regency Premier Club is an exclusive privilege
program of Dhaka Regency Hotel & Resort aimed at taking
guests enjoyment of culinary and lifestyle experience to new
heights. Members can enjoy Exclusive Gift Vouchers with
highest privileges at all outlets of DHAKA REGENCY such as
upto50% on Buffet Dinner at Grandiose Restaurant, 20% on
Beverages, 20% on snacks (Cake, Pastry, Tea, Coffee, and
Sandwich) & Coffee at Comfee Lounge, 10% on Food only
at Bubble flavor lounge, upto40% on Gym Membership
Fees at DR FITNESS, 30% on All Treatments and Spa
Services at JUVENEX SPA & SALON and Many More. Also
Members can avail exclusive privileges on products &
services of 50 more prominent privilege partners like Health
& Medical Services, Tours & Travel, LifeStyle outlets as well
as many local and foreign Hotel & Resorts with this
prestigious loyalty program.

Guardian Life has recently signed another microinsurance
agreement with RDRS Bangladesh, which is one of the
biggest development organizations of the country on 30
August 2021. Sheikh Rakibul Karim, Chief Executive Officer,
Guardian Life Insurance Limited and Tapan Kumar
Karmaker, Executive Director, RDRS Bangladesh signed this
agreement on behalf of their companies. Md. Fayzer
Rahman, Senior Director, Microfinance from RDRS
Bangladesh and Majedur Rashid Chowdhury, Head of
Finance & Accounts; Ahmed Istiaque Mahmud, Head of
Bancassurance; Abdul Halim, Head of Microinsurance;
Touhidul Islam, Vice President, Microinsurance; Irtifa Binte
Jalal, Executive Officer, Microinsurance from Guardian Life
Inurance Limited were also present at the signing ceremony.

Standard Chartered Bangladesh inked an agreement
with LankaBangla Securities Limited (LBSL) on 25 August
2021 to automate LBSL’s collection from investors and
subsequent reconciliation process. LBSL was looking for
an end to end solution to digitize its collection from
investors as well as receiving prompt notification of the
collection. Further, it wanted to have the report fed into
its Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system without
manual intervention to automate the reconciliation
process, reducing operational risk and increasing data
security. Standard Chartered provided LBSL with Virtual
Account for Collection solution whereby each investor is
provided with a unique virtual account to make their
payment to LBSL seamlessly from their respective banks
online portal using any of the available digital channels
e.g. BEFTN, RTGS, IBFT (NPSB) etc.

Following a very successful stint as Robi’s Managing
Director and CEO for five illustrious years, Mahtab
Uddin Ahmed has decided not to renew his contract.
His term with Robi will officially come to an end on 31
October 2021, but he has decided to go on leave
with immediate effect. Robi’s Chief Financial Officer
(CFO), M Riyaaz Rasheed, in addition to his current
role as CFO, will serve as the Acting CEO with
immediate effect. As Robi’s first home-grown CEO,
Mahtab took the company to the dizzying height of
success that includes achieving a leadership position
in 4G, a number of path-breaking innovative digital
initiatives, the biggest ever IPO, etc. He leaves behind
Robi on a strong foundation to transform itself into
the Digital Champion of the industry through
leadership in digital innovation.

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