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Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Mobile phone operator Banglalink Wednesday launched Tourist SIM, enabling foreign travellers to enjoy a seamless telecommunication service during their stay in Bangladesh. The third-biggest network carrier has introduced six packages with validity between seven days and 30 days for both physical SIM cards and e-SIM. Tourists will be able to make ... Read more

Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Credit Rating Agency of Bangladesh (CRAB) has awarded the highest AAA credit rating to Eastern Bank Limited (EBL). The rating has been awarded on the basis of audited financials of 2022 and other relevant quantitative as well as qualitative information, reads a press release. For the first time EBL has been ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com A man named Hasan Ahmed in Brahmanbaria sadar, has got a Japanese car for free after he had purchased a Walton brand refrigerator. As per the customer’s benefits of the nationwide ongoing Walton’s Digital Campaign Season-18, Hasan was awarded the car, reads a press release. In this season-18, total of four ... Read more

Business Desk : dhakamirror.com As part of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Prime Bank recently signed an agreement with Footstep Bangladesh to establish water filtration systems in government schools and hospitals in Dhaka, Sunamganj and Kushtia. Faisal Rahman, additional managing director of Prime Bank and Shah Meem Rafayat Chowdhury, president of Footstep Bangladesh signed the agreement ... Read more

Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Md Moinuddin Masud has been promoted to the post of general manager of Rupali Bank through a notification of the Financial Institutions Division of the Ministry of Finance. After being promoted, he is serving the bank as the head of Cumilla Divisional Office. Before this promotion, he was working as deputy ... Read more

Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Teletalk Bangladesh signed an agreement with Government Bangla College on Tuesday (20 June). Under the agreement, Teletalk will provide various corporate service including voice and internet to the teachers, staff and employees of Bangla College, reads a press release. Prof Jahangir Hossain, principal of Bangla College, and Mostafa Kamal, senior manager ... Read more

Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) has partnered with the Institute of Architects, Bangladesh (IAB) to introduce a co-brand credit card, supported by Visa. The launch ceremony for the exclusive EBL-IAB Visa credit card was recently held at the IAB office in Dhaka, attended by esteemed individuals from both organisations, reads a press ... Read more

Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Samsung is offering up to Tk 38,000 discount on Galaxy smartphones to bring new colors to the Eid-ul-Azha celebrations. From entry-level smartphones to flagship ones here are 16 Samsung devices which are included in the discount this Eid-ul-Azha, according to a press release. Among them, customers can purchase 8GB/128GB variants of ... Read more

Business Desk : dhakamirror.com bKash app’s new ‘Auto Pay’ feature allows users to automatically send money to others, according to a press release. Read the full press release… Ruma Islam, a resident of Dhaka, looks after the educational expenses of a day labourer’s child residing in Joypurhat. On the fifth day of every month, she ... Read more

Business Desk : dhakamirror.com BRAC Bank has launched another dedicated Agami Student Banking Centre at Pragati Sharani in Dhaka. Having a spacious place and suitable ambience, the centre will provide a delightful banking experience to the students, reads a press release. The students and their guardians will get a one-stop service for all their banking ... Read more

Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Meena Bazar, one of the leading retail chains in Bangladesh, has launched three new outlets at Uttara-3, Uttara-4 and Nazimuddin Road in the capital. Kazi Inam Ahmed, director of Gemcon Group, its parent company, inaugurated the Uttara outlets while investors Md Kamruzzaman and Md Mokhlasur Rahman opened the one on Nazimuddin ... Read more

Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Grameenphone has introduced “Tourist SIM” for foreigners, entrepreneurs, travelers, business owners, traders and others making a short trip to Bangladesh. Shyam Sundar Sikder, chairman of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC), launched the service at Le Meridien Dhaka on Wednesday, said a press release. “To highlight our country on the world ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com Energypac aims to lead mobility revolution in Bangladesh by bringing in the advanced automotive technologies, research and development practices of China-based Jianghuai Automobile Co Ltd (JAC). A team from Energypac recently visited the Xingang factory of JAC Motors and was impressed with the level of sophistication and innovation that the Chinese ... Read more

Business Desk : dhakamirror.com The first ever circular economy summit will be held at a city hotel in Dhaka on Thursday (15 June). The ‘Bangladesh Circular Economy Summit’ is going to be organised by Bangladesh Apparel Exchange in collaboration with Laudes Foundation and in partnership with P4G, reads a press release. The summit is powered ... Read more

Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Ami Probashi, in collaboration with the Ministry of Expatriate Welfare and BMET, introduced online clearance applications and digital QR code-based smart cards that can be downloaded onto phones, said a press release. “For years, aspiring migrants faced a daunting challenge—obtaining their crucial BMET smart card before their departure. The BMET smart ... Read more

Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Sadia Rayen Ahmed was elected the chairman of Dutch-Bangla Bank Ltd at the 267th meeting of the Board of Directors of the bank held on 12 June. She succeeds Sayem Ahmed. She has been serving as a director of the bank since 14 June 2022, reads a press release. She has ... Read more

Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Kamal Quadir, CEO of bKash, has been named as one of the global high-impact leaders in finance by Washington-based nonprofit organisation Aspen Institute. The Aspen Institute—the global organisation committed to realising a free, just, and equitable society—has named the 2023 Class of its Finance Leaders Fellows and included Quadir in the ... Read more

Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Standard Chartered and UCEP recently celebrated the conclusion of the “Sustainable Development through Entrepreneurship Development Training Programme.” The programme was designed to support burgeoning entrepreneurs create and run sustainable businesses that will have a positive impact on their communities, reads a press release. This latest cohort consisted of 40 participants, with ... Read more

Business Desk : dhakamirror.com To commemorate World Environment Day, Nestlé Bangladesh PLC carried out a Tree plantation programme in all 64 districts of Bangladesh, collaborating with educational institutions around the country. The programme is aimed at harnessing nature’s own solution to remove carbon from atmosphere and bolstering awareness on global warming, reads a press release. ... Read more

Business Desk : dhakamirror.com The Embassy of Bangladesh, Tokyo, organised a seminar and networking event on “Bangladesh- Japan Business Opportunities in Jute, Leather & Leather Goods” on 9 June, 2023 at the Bangabandhu Auditorium at the Embassy. The event was supported by Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), Investment and Technology Promotion Office Tokyo of the ... Read more