A loan agreement to this effect was signed between the two organisations under the bank's SME financing programme, says a press release.

Shahed Noman, managing director of Dhaka Bank, and RV Ramanujam, chief executive of Asian Paints (Bangladesh), signed the agreement on behalf of their organisations on Sunday in Dhaka.

Among others, Khondker Fazle Rashid and Mohammad Abu Musa, deputy managing directors of Dhaka Bank, and other officials from both the organisations were present.