DHAKA: A seminar on the security of information technology (IT) and its proper usages will be held on Thursday (August 27).

CTO Forum Bangladesh and Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM) will organized the seminar at BIBM building in city.

The organizers said at a press conference in city’s Farmgate area on Monday afternoon.

They said that so far 700 online shops exist in the country. Sales of these shops are gradually increasing.

According to the organizers, the seminar will uphold different aspects of online shopping, which has earned fame globally.

It will put importance on security as it is the top issue in developing this sector, they added.

Visa chief risk (India and South Asia) officer Shivakumar Sriraman will present keynote paper at the seminar to be attended by Bangladesh Bank (BB) deputy governor Nazneen Sultana as chief guest and BIBM director general Dr Towfiq Ahmed Chowdhury as special guest.

Southeast Bank limited deputy managing director SM Mainuddin Chowdhury, CTO Forum Bangladesh president Kamal Kanti Sarkar, its vice president Nawyad Iqbal, EC Shyama Prasad Bepari and Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLS head of IT Dr Izazul Haque, among others, were present at the conference.

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