If Bitcoin is indeed a commodity, why does the Bangladesh Bank have overlying regulations on how it can be managed?

Country's biggest technology expo Digital World 2020, co-organised by Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) and Department of ICT (DoICT) of the Ministry of Post, Telecommunication and IT, was inaugurated by the President M Abdul Hamid on Wednesday.

The Information and Communication Technology Division has partnered with Facebook and a local blood bank -- Bloodman Bangladesh -- to promote the use of technology for better access to safe blood to save lives.

ICT division and Bangladesh Freelancer Development Society has taken an initiative to create database of the country’s freelancers and provide them a digital card, called as ‘Free ID’ which they can use for banking activity and other formal uses.

The official website of Information Communication Technology (ICT) division of Bangladesh government is restored, hours after it is hacked by unidentified hackers.

The government is set to introduce a short code of ‘2041’ to offer all the government services under a single platform.