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Mobile payments attract women more than men: Study

Women in Bangladesh are more motivated than men to adopt mobile payment services, according to a new study published in Nature's Scientific Reports. The research reveals that women's intention to use mobile financial platforms such as bKash, Nagad and Rocket is twice as strongly influenced by their attitudes compared to...

EBL presents Technovation'25 at St. Joseph School

Eastern Bank, in collaboration with St. Joseph Higher Secondary School, organised Technovation'25, a youth tech innovation festival, on the school campus in Dhaka recently. Qazi Mutmainna Tahmida, Additional Director of the Financial Inclusion Department at Bangladesh Bank, is seen handing over a trophy to a competition winner at the prize...

ICML HOLDS MEETING WITH STARTUP COMPANIES

ICB Capital Management Limited (ICML) held a meeting with startup companies under the 'Digital Entrepreneur and Eco-System Development Project' of the government. Md. Nurul Huda, Deputy Managing Director of the Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB), attended the meeting as the chief guest, while Project Director Manjur Mohammad Shahriar was present...

Import-export activities resume at Dinajpur’s Hili land port

DINAJPUR, Oct 04 (BSS): Import and export through the Hili land port in Dinajpur resumed on Saturday after an eight-day closure on the occasion of Durga Puja, the largest religious festival of the Hindus.Trade operations were suspended from September 26 to October 03 following discussions between importers and exporters of...

Fed wants aggressive rate cuts

NEW YORK, Oct 04 (Reuters): Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran again pressed for an aggressive path of rate cuts citing the impact of Trump administration policies on the economy, while other central bank officials made the case for a more cautious approach citing still-worrisome inflation pressures.“My view is that if...

Trump administration eyes stake in company developing Greenland rare earths mine

NEW YORK Oct 04 (Reuters): Trump administration officials have discussed taking a stake in Critical Metals Corp, four people familiar with the discussions told Reuters, which would give Washington a direct interest in the largest rare earths project in Greenland, the Arctic territory that President Donald Trump once suggested buying.If...