Acknowledgement Case

Acknowledgement

We would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge our honorable course instructor Salma Akter for giving us the opportunity to prepare this report. During the entire preparation period of the term paper, his help, patience, dedication and candid suggestions have made the job an easier one and helped us in our way of proving our potential.

We also want to thank the group members, who were very much active, friendly and co-operative to complete this task.

Acknowledgements to our families and friends for their support and motivation without which the completion of this task would have been impossible.

Last but not the list is the huge resources we found in internet should be spoken of. Gratitude for the people who lend us their hand with suggestions over the net, where we found most of the research works from where we extracted some ideas and adopted those. Acknowledgement should be passed to those people who helped us throughout the work directly and indirectly by providing necessary information and support.

Introduction:

DBBL is a scheduled joint venture commercial bank between local Bangladeshi parties spearheaded by M Sahabuddin Ahmed (Founder & Chairman) and the Dutch company FMO. DBBL was established under the Bank Companies Act 1991 and incorporated as a public limited company under the Companies Act 1994 in Bangladesh with the primary objective to carry on all kinds of banking business in Bangladesh. DBBL commenced formal operation from June 3, 1996. The Bank is listed with the Dhaka Stock Exchange Limited and Chittagong Stock Exchange Limited.

From the onset, the focus of the bank has been financing high-growth manufacturing industries in Bangladesh. DBBL's other focus is Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Even though CSR is now a cliché, DBBL is the pioneer in this sector and termed the contribution simply as 'social responsibility'. Due to its investment in this sector, DBBL has become one of the largest donors and the largest bank donor in Bangladesh. The bank has won numerous international awards because of its unique approach as a socially conscious bank.

DBBL was the first bank in Bangladesh to be fully automated. The Electronic-Banking Division was established in 2002 to undertake rapid automation and bring modern banking services into this field. Full automation was completed in 2003 and hereby introduced plastic money to the Bangladeshi masses. DBBL also operates the nation's largest ATM fleet and in the process drastically cut