STAR BUSINESS DESK

Pubali Bank PLC has been awarded the “Gold Award for Branding” by the Centre for Non-Resident Bangladeshis (NRB) World Conference 2026 for its outstanding contribution to remittance collection.

Zahir Uddin Swapon, minister for information and broadcasting, handed over the award to Mohammad Ali, managing director and CEO of Pubali Bank PLC, at the ‘Branding Bangladesh’ ceremony at a hotel in Dhaka recently, according to a press release.

Shama Obaed Islam, state minister for foreign affairs, and Md Nurul Hoque, state minister for expatriates’ welfare and overseas employment, attended the programme as special guests.

MS Shekil Chowdhury, chairperson of the Centre for NRB, presided over the ceremony.

Maj Gen (retd) Fazle Elahi Akbar, chairman of the Foundation for Strategic and Development Studies, and Ishtiaq Ahmed Chowdhury, chairman of the award committee, among others, were also present at the event.