HSBC Red Crescent Thalassaemia Centre

The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) Limited in Bangladesh donated Tk 42 lakh to Bangladesh Red Crescent Society to set up the "HSBC Red Crescent Thalassaemia Centre" in Chittagong, says a press release.

Muneer Hussain, Manager Marketing and Public Relations of HSBC in Bangladesh, handed over the cheque to Shahadat Hossain, acting chairman of Chittagong Red Crescent Society, at a ceremony on the Red Crescent premises in Chittagong recently.

HSBC Group Chairman Sir John Bond donated the money for the project as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility initiative.