Business Desk : dhakamirror.com An information technology portal named Bangladesh IT Connect Portal—Japan was launched yesterday with the goal of fostering business ties between domestic and Japanese IT enterprises. The Enhancing Digital Government and Economy project of the Bangladesh Computer Council and the Japanese Embassy will work together to create a business-to-business hub for IT ... Read more
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German Business Council begins journey in Bangladesh
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com German Business Council (GBC), a platform of German private enterprises working in Bangladesh, formally began its journey today in Dhaka to promote investment and trade with the country. Additionally, it will help create a favorable business environment for the European nation’s companies. Formally registered as a trust in December 2019, GBC’s ... Read more
Veon Group CEO to arrive in Dhaka tomorrow
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Banglalink’s parent company Veon Group CEO Kaan Terzioğlu is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka tomorrow for a four-day visit. This will be his third visit to Bangladesh this year, Banglalink said in a statement today. He will sit with government officials and key stakeholders of the company along with attending a ... Read more
4 global fairs by CEMS-Global USA begin in Dhaka
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Four comprehensive international exhibitions, organised by the CEMS-Global USA, began in Dhaka’s International Convention City Bashundhara today. The three-day exhibitions are: 5th Int’l Health Tourism & Services Expo Bangladesh 2022, 27th Build Bangladesh Expo 2022, 4th Water Bangladesh International Expo 2022 and 4th Dhaka International Lighting Expo 2022. Some 350 stalls ... Read more
Exports of clothing to US rose by 53.54% in first eight months of 2022
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Bangladesh’s garment exports to the country’s single largest export market, the USA, increased 53.54 percent year on year to $6.64 billion in the January-August time frame of the current year, according to data from the USA’s Office of Textiles and Apparel, (OTEXA). Bangladesh occupies third place with a 9.42 percent share ... Read more
RU researchers develop five new banana varieties
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Researchers of Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Rajshahi University have developed at least five advanced varieties of banana. The new varieties were named as Mehersagar, Rongilasagor, Grand Nain, Sofri, and Agnissor. RU Vice-Chancellor Prof Golam Sabbir Sattar handed over seedlings of the new varieties among the farmers in an ... Read more
Akij Bathware unveils ROSA faucets
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Akij Group is one of the renowned names in the country for their excellence in manufacturing building materials. To refuel their journey, Akij Bathware — a new sister concern of Akij Group — has launched ROSA faucets and bathware products. This wide range of ROSA faucets and bathware is not only ... Read more
Customers may pay Hajj finance loan and DPS installment through Nagad
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com The customers of Nagad and Hajj Finance Company Limited will be allowed to deposit their loan installments or pay the installments of savings deposit for Hajj via Nagad app from now on, said a press release. The agreement between the financial institution and digital company was signed at the head office ... Read more
15 payment partners awarded in ‘Daraz Payment Partner Awards 2022’
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Daraz Bangladesh organised ‘Daraz Payment PartnerAwards 2022’ at Sheraton in Dhaka recently to acknowledge the continued support of the partners in the banking and mobile financial services sectors for the development of e-commerce, said a press release. Daraz Bangladesh global chief executive officer Bjarke Mikkelsen, managing director Syed Moshtahidal Hoq, chief ... Read more
Chery Automobile starts journey in Bangladesh
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Chery Automobile Company Limited, a partner of Jaguar Land Rover, has officially begun operations in Bangladesh through Asian MotorspeX Limited, a subsidiary of Asian Holdings. The company started its journey with a launching ceremony at the Grand Ballroom of the Radisson Blu Dhaka Water Garden Hotel in Dhaka on Friday, said ... Read more
bKash to give 10pc cashback at shopping festival
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com A group of e-commerce platforms is going to jointly organise an online shopping campaign named “The 10-10 Festival” that will kick off on Monday. Some 30 Bangladeshi e-commerce platforms will take part in the festival. Participating organisations made an announcement of the festival at bKash head office in Dhaka on Thursday. ... Read more
SCB chair to leave Dhaka to join ASA, GSA annual meeting in Thailand
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Shippers’ Council of Bangladesh chairman Md Rezaul Karim, also the vice-chairman of Asian Shippers’ Alliance, is scheduled to leave Bangladesh for Thailand on Sunday to attend the Asian Shippers’ Alliance and Global Shippers’ Alliance annual meeting from October 10 to October 12 at the Eastin Grand Hotel Sathorn in Bangkok. Thai ... Read more
Smart brings new Sony Bravia K series TV
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Smart Technologies (BD), Sony’s distributor in Bangladesh, launched a new Bravia K series of OLED and Google TV in the country. The company organised an event at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Dhaka on Wednesday, where Zaheed Farooque, state minister for water resources, was present as chief guest, said a press release. Equipped ... Read more
Nagad offers up to Tk 1,000 cashback for mobile recharge
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Nagad has launched a campaign, under which the mobile financial service provider offered up to Tk 1,000 cashback for mobile recharge. This campaign will remain effective from October 3 until any further directive is issued. The cashback will be available in the ‘Nagad Account’ within one working day of each mobile ... Read more
BGMEA calls for reduction in the price of diesel
Says higher fuel prices are increasing production costs News Desk : dhakamirror.com The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) recently called for the government to cut the price of diesel as the cost of doing business has risen significantly amid an increase in fuel oil prices and ongoing load shedding. Due to load-shedding, a ... Read more
IBBL inaugurates Askar Dighir Par branch in Chattogram
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited has inaugurated its 388th Branch at Askar Dighir Par Branch in Chattogram. Major General (Retd) Abdul Matin, Chairman of Risk Management Committee of the bank inaugurated the Branch as chief guest Tuesday (4 October), said a press release. Presided over by Mohammed Monirul Moula, Managing Director & ... Read more
Bank Asia achieves prestigious ʻPCI DSSʼ certificate
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Bank Asia Limited has achieved the most prestigious standard information security certification namely ʻPCI DSSʼ. Suresh Dadlani, president of ControlCase, handed over the certificate on Monday (3 October) in a certificate handover ceremony at Bank Asia Tower, Karwan Bazar, Dhaka. Rumee A Hossain, chairman of Board Executive Committee of the bank, ... Read more
Rajeev Sethi appointed CEO of Robi
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com The board of directors of Robi Axiata Limited has named Rajeev Sethi as new CEO (chief executive officer) of the company. Rajeev joins Robi following notable success in turning around Myanmar’s leading mobile operator, Ooredoo, as its CEO, reads an official press release issued in this regard. Prior to that, he ... Read more
Regional director for Syngenta Alexander Berkovskiy arrives in Bangladesh today
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Syngenta’s regional director for Asia Pacific, Alexander Berkovskiy, is expected to arrive in Bangladesh on Monday (3 October). During the tour, he will be accompanied by Pamela Gonzalez, the head of the Asia Group, and Jenny Barks Taylor, the head of the regional supply operations for Asia Pacific, according to a ... Read more
Prime Bank opens Japan Desk
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Prime Bank has officially launched “Japan Desk” with the objective of facilitating cross-border business initiatives and investments between Japan and Bangladesh. Naoki Ito, Japanese ambassador to Bangladesh, and Tanjil Chowdhury, chairman of Prime Bank, inaugurated the special desk at a local hotel in Dhaka, a press release said. “As many Japanese ... Read more