Digital banking, popularly known as online banking, are rising continuously for easy handling and more security.
Bangladesh Association of Software & Information Services (BASIS) president Rassel T Ahmed said, the digital banking was introduced in the country two decades ago. But the pace has been accelerated by the Coronavirus pandemic as consumers were then compelled to turn to the internet to access finances from the conveniences of their homes in a bid to avoid catching the deadly virus.
AKM Fahim Mashroor, a former president of BASIS and CEO at bdjobs.com, said, "The old- generation banks are lacking even in mobile apps. On the other hand, new-generation banks have the facility and they are doing well..."
Recently, an agreement was signed between iFarmer and Padma
Bank to accelerate financing cooperations for farmers and entrepreneurs in the agriculture
sector in remote areas of the country.
This marks a remarkable partnership between Padma Bank and iFarmer to facilitate the farmers
in many ways and allow their easy access to financial needs directly from financial institutions.
iFarmer has been providing agricultural advice and equipment-related services while purchasing
farmers-produced goods to improve the agriculture ecosystem. This agro-tech company is
relentlessly working with more than 1 lakh registered farmer families in Bangladesh.
Jamil M Akbar, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of iFarmer; Tarek Riaz Khan, Managing
Director & CEO of Padma Bank Ltd., and Dr. Mohammed Emtiaz Uddin, Deputy Managing
Director & CBO of Padma Bank Ltd., were present at the signing ceremony.
Among the other high officials from both entities, Reasat Hayder, Head of Marketing and
Operations-Agri Input & Omnichannel Activation of iFarmer; Md. Riazul Islam, EVP & Head of
SME and Agriculture Banking Division of Padma Bank; and Sharif Moinul Hossain, EVP & Head
of HRD of Padma Bank, were present with other senior officers of both institutions.
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam today urged international community to project jute as the fiber of the future as part of the green growth strategy that world is pursuing.
"We wish to see jute featured as a core element of Branding Bangladesh in the broader context of sustainable development, fair trade and climate action," he said.
The state minister was addressing a seminar titled Projecting Jute as the Fiber of the Future: Challenges and Potentials held at Foreign Service academy in the capital.
The 32rd Annual General Meeting of Bangladesh Computer Samity (BCS) has been held with the expectation of spreading the activities of the organisation by playing a pioneering role in building a digital Bangladesh across the country. At the annual general meeting of the BCS Innovation Center in Dhanmondi on Wednesday, the activities and financial statements were presented and the work plan for the coming year was adopted. This year AGM was held in a hybrid model. BCS President Subrata Sarkar chaired the meeting, member of the executive committee vice president Rashed Ali, General Secretary Kamruzzaman Bhuiyan, Treasurer Nazrul Islam Helali, director Mohammad Zahirul Islam among others member were present at the AGM. According to the agenda, the minutes of the Annual General Meeting were presented by the BCS President. The minutes were approved by the members present by voice vote.