Dhaka, Oct. 15 -- The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) is saving around Tk 80 crore in operating costs every year through digitalisation, while its bank interest expenses are projected to fall sharply from Tk 533 crore in FY2023-24 to about Tk 106 crore in FY2026-27.

The information came from a keynote paper presented Thursday at a programme titled "Trade with TCB" at the Golf Garden of the Army Golf Club in Dhaka.

Badrun Nessa Ahmed, senior research fellow at the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) and a professor at the BIDS Graduate School of Economics, presented the paper.

According to the paper, the state-run marketing agency under the Ministry of Commerce has improved transparency, reduced the influence of m...