Pubali Bank PLC has been awarded the "Branding Award 2025" at the "World Conference Series 2025" by the non-profit research organisation, the Centre for NRB, for its special contribution to the Branding Bangladesh initiative.

Md Touhid Hossain, adviser to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and chief guest of the event, handed the award to Mohammad Ali, managing director and CEO of the bank, at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Dhaka in the capital on Saturday, according to a press release.

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

Ahsan H Mansur, governor of the Bangladesh Bank; Saif Uddin Khaled, speaker of Tower Hamlets, the United Kingdom, were also present as special guests, along with dignitaries and other officials from various organisations.