A total of 52 domestic and foreign companies have filed their applications for the license to set up digital banks.
The companies include commercial banks, mobile financial services (MFS), ride-sharing and food delivery service providers, IT service providers and pharmaceutical companies, Bangladesh Bank (BB) Spokesperson Md Mezbaul Haque said today.
The deadline for filing the applications ended on August 17.
The central bank invited applications for digital bank from the entrepreneurs from June 21 this year.
As per the Bangladesh Bank rule, investors willing to set up a digital bank will have to have a minimum paid-up capital of Taka 125 crore and the capital will have to come from the sponsors.
Any entity willing to set up a digital bank must be a public limited company. The minimum shareholding stake of each sponsor shall be Taka 50 lakh, according to the central bank.
MUNSHIGANJ: The test run of a track car was conducted successfully on the Dhaka-Mawa section of the Padma Bridge Rail Link Project today.
The track car started its journey at Gendaria in Dhaka railway station around 9:30am and reached Mawa around 11:15am.
On the way, the observation team in the track car observed the potential faults at various points and stations of the railway line established in the Dhaka-Mawa section.
At that time, Director General (DG) of Bangladesh Railway Md Kamrul Ahsan, project director Afzal Hosan and Project Manager Brigadier General Ahmed Jamiul Islam were present along with local and foreign engineers.
Later the track car left Mawa around noon for Bhanga.
BRUSSELS: Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal today said the e-passport service will be introduced in 80 Bangladesh missions across the world soon.
"Currently, e-passports are being issued from 72 offices in 64 districts of the country. We have already installed e-gates at the airport," he said while inaugurating the e-passport programme at the Bangladesh Embassy, Brussels, Belgium.
The minister said through the e-passport service in Belgium, the Bangladesh government introduced an e-passport programme in 31 foreign missions.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today inaugurated the much-talked-about Universal Pension Scheme to bring all the people of the country aged above 18 under the scheme.
She initially opened the pension scheme - Pragati, Surokkha, Samata and Prabashi--- joining the inaugural programme virtually from her official Ganabhaban residence here in the morning.
After launching the scheme, the premier said, "We opened the Universal Pension Scheme in the Month of Mourning. Initially four schemes out of six were inaugurated today as two other schemes will be launched later".
Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will be happy from heaven seeing that her government is trying to give his people a beautiful and improved life, for which, he dedicated his entire life, she said.