NRB Bank PLC. has been honored with the Emerging Asia Banking Award for the Best Rising Star on Risk Management – Bangladesh by the Indian Chamber of Commerce, held on 29 August 2025 at Le Méridien, New Delhi, India. Mr. Md. Shaheen Howlader, Deputy Managing Director of NRB Bank PLC. has received the award from Dr. Joydeep K Roy, President & CEO, Q.U.I.E.T. Inc & Former Partner at PwC.

The conclave featured eminent speakers including JPR Karunaratne, Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka; Partha Ray, Director of the National Institute of Bank Management; and Atanu Sen, former Chairman of NPS Trust-PFRDA, former Managing Director & CEO of SBI Life Insurance Co. Ltd., and Chairman of ICC’s National Expert Committee on BFSI.