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Dutch Queen Maxima to digitize Bangladesh's retail payment system

Dutch Queen Maxima has proposed to digitize the retail payment system in Bangladesh and assured Dhaka of giving necessary assistance to this regard. The proposal was made when she met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Ganobhaban on Wednesday evening. After the meeting, PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed the m...

Govt working to build a strong capital market: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said her government has been working to build a strong and stable capital market giving necessary financial education and all possible protection to investors as she opened a regional seminar on investors’ promotion. “The present government is working on creating a strong Capital Market, which will ...

WEF to arrange event of Bangabandhu's birth centenary

The World Economic Forum (WEF) will arrange an event in Bangladesh next year on the occasion of the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Besides, the WEF will hold a programme in Davos of Switzerland in 2021 focusing on Bangladesh and Bangabandhu. As a country, Bangladesh will be the main focus of the Davos...

HPM Sheikh Hasina proposes five points concerning weaker economies

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina placed a five-point proposal to address the key concerns of smaller communities and weaker economies for their collective takeoff endeavours, which she felt crucial for a sustainable global economy. “We sometimes look just in terms of the capacity of a few large economies or their needs,” she told the Wo...

WB to provide $100m for effective public service delivery

The World Bank (WB) will provide $100 million to Bangladesh government for improving public service delivery through an effective, efficient and transparent public financial management system, a statement of WB said. A financing agreement was signed between the Government of Bangladesh and World Bank at the Economic Relations Division (ERD) in ...