PM asks ministries to prioritise projects with swift impacts

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on 13 February asked all ministries to prioritise projects that will directly benefit the people and yield swift impacts. Presiding over the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) meeting, the premier also directed the authorities concerned not to approve new projects without proper scrutiny. Planning Department

SWIFT lays out blueprint for central bank digital currency network

Financial messaging system SWIFT has laid out its blueprint for a global central bank digital currency (CBDC) network following an 8-month experiment on different technologies and currencies. The trial, which involved France and Germany's national central banks as well as global lenders like HSBC, Standard Chartered and UBS, looked at how