The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) Ltd in Bangladesh organized a charity concert in Chittagong on 11 January 2008. Funds raised from the concert will go towards the aid of the hurricane SIDR victims.

The concert featured three of the country's eminent artists, Runa Laila, Sabina Yasmeen and Shahnaz Rahmatullah. This was the first time that these three respected and beloved artists of the country performed in the same stage. The band Miles also performed at the show. More than 3000 people gathered together to watch these artists perform live on the stage at Chittagong Club.

Speaking at the occasion, HSBC Corporate Banking Head Md Mahbub-ur-Rahman said that HSBC was proud to be able to provide this concert for the people of Chittagong, the port city and a place where many cultures converge. HSBC made a conscious decision to have the concert in Chittagong so that the people of Chittagong could witness these 3 singers as well as the band together for the first time and also be a part of the Bank's SIDR initiatives.

The concert was attended by local dignitaries, government officials and the general public of Chittagong.

HSBC has taken a three phased approach with a commitment of TK1.1 crore to aid the distressed people of SIDR. In this regard, HBSC and its staff have already distributed immediate food, medicine and clothing relief to over 8000 people in remote villages of Barguna, Pirojpur, Potuakhali and Bagerhaat with the aid of local NGOs, UNOs and joint forces. In the intermediate phase, HSBC is planning to build approximately 200 houses as "HSBC villages" in those affected areas. The Bank has already received a list of over 450 families from the local NGO and will be sending out a monitoring team to assess the situation in the coming weeks.