Nagad Limited, a leading mobile financial service provider in Bangladesh, presented a cheque of Tk 20 lakh to the players and staff of Fortune Barishal, the reigning champions of the Bangladesh Premier League, during a ceremony recently held at a hotel Dhaka, said a press release on Monday.
Tanvir A Mishuk, founder and CEO of Nagad Ltd, handed over the cheque to team owner Mizanur Rahman and captain Tamim Iqbal.
Mizanur Rahman鈥檚 family members were also present there.
Besides, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah Riyadh, Mehedi Hasan Miraz, Soumya Sarkar, Taijul Islam, Kamrul Islam Rabbi, Saifuddin, Shamim, and other players, along with team officials graced the event with their presence.
鈥楾he team Fortune Barishal does not have a direct association with Nagad, but its captain Tamim Iqbal is Nagad鈥檚 brand ambassador for several years. Additionally, Mushfiqur Rahim is associated with Nagad Islamic. Mahmudullah Riyad and Mehedi Hasan Miraz have also worked for prompting Nagad in different ways. The power of customer-centric innovations, and easy and affordable services have drawn best stars of the country to Nagad鈥檚 terrain. It is to be mentioned that Nagad was associated with this BPL season in the 鈥榩owered by鈥� category,鈥� 聽the release read.
In an event held before Eid, the promised funds were handed over to the players and officials of Fortune Barishal.
At that time, Barishal鈥檚 captain and the country鈥檚 top batsman Tamim Iqbal said, 鈥楾anvir bhai is a great cricket enthusiast. He has been with our Barishal team from the beginning and has always kept track of us. He has been with Barishal not because we [ including Mushfiqur, Mahmudullah, Miraz] played here, rather owing to his love for cricket. We are very happy to receive this gift from him, which will boost the morale of the whole team.鈥�
Furthermore, Mizanur Rahman, the owner of Fortune Barishal, said at the event, 鈥楨ven though we had reached the BPL final many times, we couldn鈥檛 win the trophy before. So, the joy this time is really special. I express my gratitude to Tanvir A Mishuk bhai for adding to our joy.鈥�
Tanvir A Mishuk, after handing over the cheque, said, 鈥楢s a sponsor of BPL, we have been associated with the entire tournament. I have always felt Barishal team as my own. Some of my favorite players and representatives of Nagad have played in this team. Therefore, we consider it our own team.鈥�
鈥業ftar and dinner were arranged for cleaning staff of Bangladesh Cricket Board at a five-star hotel at the initiative of Tamim Iqbal and Tanvir A Mishuk. At the event, Tanvir A Mishuk, the founder of Nagad Ltd., gave them an Eid gift of BDT 50,000 each,鈥� the release read.