Islami Bank Bangladesh has donated Tk4 crore for the construction of houses for homeless people under the Ashrayan Project.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina received the cheque from Professor Md Nazmul Hassan, chairman of Islami Bank, and Mohammed Monirul Moula, managing director and chief executive officer of the bank, Sunday.
Md Nazrul Islam Mazumder, chairman of the Bangladesh Association of Banks, was also present.
Islami Bank is a joint venture public limited company engaged in commercial banking business based on Islamic shariah.
Set up in 1983 as the first Islamic bank in Southeast Asia, it is listed on the Dhaka Stock Exchange and Chittagong Stock Exchange.