Agrani Bank PLC has received the "Remittance Award 2024" for collecting a significant amount of foreign remittances in the banking sector for the fiscal year 2023-2024.

Asif Nazrul, adviser to the Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment, handed over the award to Md Anwarul Islam, chief executive officer of the bank, at Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the capital on Wednesday, the bank said in a press release.

The ministry organised the event on the occasion of International Migrants Day and National Expatriates Day 2024.

Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan, adviser to the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development, and Cooperatives, attended the programme as the special guest.

Other high officials of the bank were also present.