20 plates of rice, 118 plates of curries for a lunch of 4!

NRBC Bank's top managers have great appetites. On October 24, 2016, the executive committee (EC) of the bank's board held its 56th meeting with four people in attendance. The four were the then EC chairman Md Manzurul Islam, then managing director Dewan Mujibur Rahman and then board members Farasath Ali and Loquit Ullah.

The lunch, at Kasturi Garden in Gulshan, cost the bank Tk 41,091, according to a copy of the bill obtained by The Daily Star.

The bill lists 20 plates of rice and 118 plates of curries – 18 plates of full chicken bhuna dishes, 18 plates of Chitol kofta curries, 17 plates of beef achari curries, 16 plates of Taki fish bhorta balls, 17 plates of Batashi fish curries, 17 plates of mixed vegetables and 15 plates of thick daal. 

 

There were also two crates of water bottles and 20 bottles of coke on the bill. Their four drivers were not part of the feast, and got Tk 300 each for lunch.

This is a violation of Bank Company Law, which says directors cannot take any financial or other benefits other than the regular fees for joining the EC meeting. read more...