SAARCFINANCE seminar on “Trading and Prospects for the SAARC Countries” held in Ctg The SAARCFINANCE Seminar on "Trading in Local Currencies: Problems and Prospects for the SAARC Countries" was held at a hotel in Chattogram under the auspicious of the SAARCFINANCE Wing, Research Department of Bangladesh Bank on Friday last. The inaugural session was graced by Abdur Rouf Talukder, Governor of Bangladesh Bank, as chief guest. Dr.
Md. Khairuzzaman Mozumder, Secretary of the Finance Division, Ministry of Finance joined as special guest, BSS reports. In addition, Dr Md Habibur Rahman, Deputy Governor of Bangladesh Bank delivered the keynote speech at the inaugural session and Dr.
Aditya Gaiha, Chief General Manager (in-charge) from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), was also present as a special guest. Dr. Sayera Younus, Executive Director (Research) of the Bangladesh Bank presented the welcome remarks.
The audience included delegates from the central banks of SAARC member countries, including those present in person from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and those attending online from Pakistan and the Maldives, as well as officials from various government ministries, the Bangladesh Bank, different commercial banks and representatives from various trade bodies in Bangladesh. Unfortunately, Afghanistan couldn’t participate either in-person or virtually. In addition to the seminar, a meeting of a collaborative study team titled 'Local Currency Settlement in the Case o.