Al-Arafah Islami Bank hosts annual business conference

Al-Arafah Islami Bank PLC recently organised its “Annual Business Conference 2026” at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Dhaka.

Khwaja Shahriar, chairman of Al-Arafah Islami Bank PLC, inaugurated the conference as the chief guest, according to a press release.

In his speech, Shahriar said opportunities have been created to improve the quality of investments, strengthen risk management and enhance provisioning capacity—factors directly linked to the bank’s profitability, asset quality and overall capability.

“In 2026, the foundation of the bank’s business strategy will rest on three pillars -- good governance, discipline and responsible growth,” he said.

“To achieve this, the bank is intensifying its business process re-engineering activities and further strengthening centralised credit and risk functions. At the same time, emphasis is being placed on expanding digital and automation-driven structures,” he added.

The chairman said special emphasis would be placed on the retail, SME, agriculture, export-import, remittance and digital banking segments.

Md Shahin Ul Islam, Md Abdul Wadud, Mohammed Abu Eusuf and Mohammad Asraful Hassan, directors of the bank, attended the meeting.

“Despite various challenges in the past year, the bank has achieved significant progress. Institutional accountability, compliance and centralised operations have made the bank’s activities more streamlined,” said Mohd Rafat Ullah Khan, managing director and CEO of the bank, while presiding over the meeting.

Md Abdullah Al Mamun, Md Fazlur Rahman Chowdhury, Md Asaduzzaman Bhuiyan, Md Aminul Islam Bhuiyan, Mohammed Hossain, SM Abu Jafar and Sayed Abul Hashem, deputy managing directors of the bank, along with senior executives of the head office and managers of the bank’s 226 branches, participated in the conference.