DHAKA, March 1, 2022 (BSS) - Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today

inaugurated the National Insurance Day to enhance public awareness about the
insurance for further development of the sector.

   She opened the day virtually from her official Ganabhaban residence here
this morning.

   The day is being observed with the theme "Bimay Surokkito Thakle Agiye
Jabo Sobai Mile" (If protected with insurance, we will advance together).

   Finance Ministry and the Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority
(IDRA) jointly organised the inaugural function of the day at the Bangabandhu
International Conference Centre (BICC) in the city.

   Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal presided over the event remotely while
Secretary of Financial Institutions Division, Ministry of Finance, Sheikh
Mohammad Salim Ullah gave a welcome address.

   Chairman of the IDRA Dr. M. Mosharraf Hossain and Bangladesh Insurance
Association (BIA) President Sheikh Kabir Hossain, also spoke on the occasion.

   On behalf of the prime minister, Sheikh Mohammad Salim Ullah handed over
the "Bima Padak" to five persons for their outstanding contribution to the
insurance sector and "Bangabandhu Surokhya Bima Policy" to two differently
able children.

   Former lawmakers and insurance personalities Mokbul Hossain and Mostafizur
Rahman have been awarded posthumously with lifetime achievement for their
significant contribution to the development of the insurance sector.

  Insurance personalities, Sheikh Kabir Hossain and Nasir Uddin Ahmed
Chowdhury were awarded for their special roll in the development of the
insurance sector while former secretary of the government Nazrul Islam Khan
was also awarded for his contribution to make a documentary on insurance
sector and Bangabandhu's contribution to development of the sector.

   A video documentary on the insurance sector was screened at the ceremony.

  On 1 March, 1960, Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
started working at the then-Alpha Insurance Company. Therefore, the
government has decided to celebrate March 1 as the National Insurance Day,
every year.

   The government has upgraded the "National Insurance Day" from 'B' category
to 'A' category commemorating the great architect of independence, greatest
Bangalee of all time and Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur
Rahman.