A workshop yesterday focused on technical, business and legal aspects of blockchain technology along with a few promising enterprise usages with emphasis on small and medium traders.
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With sales sliding by nearly 60 per cent, the government measures intended to contain transactions of savings instruments have started making an impact.
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Describing the government’s move to provide 2.0 per cent incentive on sending remittance through legal channel as unprecedented example, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said such facility does not exist in any country.
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The US federal budget deficit reached 984 billion US dollars in the fiscal year 2019, up by 26 per cent
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The Bangladesh Bank has sought explanation from 49 banks for the alleged harassment of their customers in opening fresh accounts, officials said
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Singapore Economic Development Board said on Friday that the country’s manufacturing output grew 0.1 per cent year-on-year in September, compared to a revised 6.4 per cent decrease this August.
Read More »China implementing new rules to make business easier: state planner
China will implement new regulations that aim to make it easier to do business from Jan. 1, 2020, China’s state planner said on Wednesday, amid increasing pressure on the world’s second largest economy.
Read More »Baby Powder was safe 13 days before FDA bombshell: Johnson & Johnson CEO
Facing off against a plaintiff’s lawyer for the first time about Johnson & Johnson’s Baby Powder, the company’s Chief Executive Alex Gorsky earlier this month insisted that the company’s iconic brand was safe.
Read More »French govt drops 2020 tourism target
The French government has abandoned its goal of welcoming 100 million foreign visitors in 2020, blaming the impacts of months of anti-government protests and Britain’s looming exit from the EU, the finance ministry said Tuesday.
Read More »Accept no applications for loan rescheduling, BB asks banks
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday submitted a new written statement to the High Court during the hearing on a case filed challenging a central bank circular.
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