STAR BUSINESS DESK

Dhaka Bank PLC has signed a corporate health agreement with Ascent Health Limited, a diagnostic centre in Dhaka, to offer benefits on medical services.

Under the agreement, the bank’s cardholders and employees will receive up to a 30 percent discount on pathological tests, with sample collection available from home or at doctors’ chambers through Ascent Health Limited.

Md Mostaque Ahmed, deputy managing director and chief emerging market officer of the bank, and Anwarul Iqbal, chief executive officer of the diagnostic centre, signed the agreement at the bank’s head office in Dhaka recently, according to a press release.

The agreement also includes access to consultations with experienced doctors across multiple specialties, including internal medicine, respiratory medicine, rheumatology, dermatology, nephrology, neurology, gynaecology and paediatrics.