, Aug. 21 -- Bangladesh Bank has put on agenda for its next board meeting to be held on August 27 the topic of issuing new digital bank licenses.

The move comes amidst internal opposition to issuing new digital bank licenses and uncertainties lingering over digital bank licenses granted in 2023, an executive director of the central bank told UNB on Thursday.

In the last board meeting on August 13, several directors of the Bangladesh Bank spoke against approving new digital banks, citing the current state of the banking sector with several conventional banks struggling to repay depositors.

Many of the central bank board members also had argued that the digital infrastructure was not yet fully ready.

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