Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Grameenphone has recently collaborated with Shikho – an EdTech venture in Bangladesh, to promote digital learning. Through this partnership, the connectivity partner to Digital Bangladesh, will host an array of educational content prepared by Shikho on its flagship app MyGP. MyGP users can now avail of the 70-learning video content directly ... Read more
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VLCC Health Care signs MoU with influencer Barisha Haque
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com VLCC Health Care Bangladesh on Saturday has inked an agreement with influencer Barisha Haque for promotion of its “Body after baby” programme. Under this agreement, Barisha Haque will be the delegate of Body after Baby program and shall be responsible to promote and give reviews over the services and products as ... Read more
NRB Bank launches eKYC ‘NRB Quick Account’
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com NRB Bank has formally launched its eKYC named as NRB Quick Account on 29 September at the bank’s Corporate Head Office, Dhaka. Mohammed Mahtabur Rahman, chairman of the bank formally inaugurated the programme, reads a press release. eKYC is a combination of paperless customer onboarding, promptly identifying and verifying customer identity, ... Read more
Fortune Rice Bran Oil observes World Heart Day
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Fortune Rice Bran Oil, a brand of Bangladesh Edible Oil Ltd, celebrated World Heart Day on 29 September by providing free health services and special discounts on products. The oil company gave free health services at 22 parks in 10 major cities, and branded caravans roamed around major points in Dhaka ... Read more
Shwapno opens new outlet in Bogura
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Shwapno, the country’s biggest retail chain shop, launched its new outlet in Bogura Upashahar area on Friday. During the inauguration programme, franchisee Mohammad Rashdeul Islam, managing director of Bogura Nursing Home AHM Mushihur Rahman, businessman AKM Rajiullah, Hafej Abdul Gaffar Imam, Shawpno zonal manager Musa Tarek, and outlet manager Siddiqur Rahman ... Read more
Hyundai cars will be assembled locally: South Korean envoy
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Hyundai cars of Korea will be assembled in Bangladesh by the year end, South Korean Ambassador to Bangladesh, Lee Jang-keun said on Sunday. He said that in recent years, there have been some obvious and significant developments. The majority of Samsung Electronics’ gadgets are produced at Narsingdi in partnership with a ... Read more
Meghna EZ attracts Swiss investments
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Sika Bangladesh, a subsidiary of Swiss Sika Group, a producer of construction chemicals, would invest US$6 million to develop a 10,000 square meter plant in the Meghna Industrial Economic Zone (Miez) in Sonargaon, Narayanganj. The factory will mainly produce admixtures and grout, an official said. Construction chemical products worth around Tk ... Read more
EBL raises Tk 122.4cr for TMSS
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) has raised Tk 1,224 million (Tk 122.4 crore) through the issuance of zero-coupon bonds for Thengamara Mohila Sabuj Sangha (TMSS), a microfinance institution in Bangladesh. The EBL acted as the lead arranger while MTB Capital Ltd played a role as the trustee of the deal, said a ... Read more
Nagad offers up to 20pc cashback for Puja
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Mobile financial service Nagad on Monday rolled out a campaign titled “Utshab er Khushi Nagad-a Beshi” on the eve of Durga Puja. Under the campaign, they offered up to 20 per cent cashback and discount for its customers in lifestyle, e-commerce, and restaurant categories at over 50 brand outlets across the ... Read more
GP, Hatil team up to enhance lifestyle
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Leading mobile phone operator Grameenphone paired up with premium furniture brand Hatil to enhance the lifestyle of its GPStar customers. Selim H Rahman, chairman of Hatil Bangladesh, and Asif Naimur Rashid, chief business officer of Grameenphone, signed the deal at the GPHouse in Dhaka on Monday, a press release said. Under ... Read more
Brac Bank opens 800th agent banking outlet
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Brac Bank has achieved a milestone of opening the 800th agent banking outlet recently. Nazmur Rahim, head of alternate banking channels of the bank, inaugurated the outlet at Kaziganj Bazar in Habiganj on Monday. The bank serves around 2.10 lakh unbanked people in rural and semi-urban areas through its agent banking ... Read more
Newsweek report praises Walton
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com US weekly magazine Newsweek appreciates Bangladesh’s electric and electronics conglomerate Walton for its growing role in the economic growth and development of the country. The magazine highlighted the country’s development in their recent report, where it mentioned Walton is the corporate pride of Bangladesh whose spectacular growth runs parallel to that ... Read more
Rubana Huq honoured with Human Right Award by CNMI Sustainable Fashion Awards 2022
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com On the occasion of Milan Fashion Week, former president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association Rubana Huq has been awarded the Human Right Award by CNMI Sustainable Fashion Awards 2022. The National Chamber of Italian Fashion, in collaboration with the United Nations Ethical Fashion Initiative, a programme of the International ... Read more
Registration for Banglalink’s ‘ennovators’ begins
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Banglalink has kicked off the registration process for the sixth season of ennovators, a digital idea-based competition in the country. Ennovators is a platform for creative young people of the country looking to showcase their ideas in the field of digital innovation against the challenges of today’s world. Over the course ... Read more
DHL adjusts Bangladesh price for 2023
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com DHL Express, the world’s leading international express services provider, announced price adjustments today that will take effect on January 1, 2023. The average increase in Bangladesh will be 7.9 %, compared to 2022. “So far, 2022 has been another turbulent year with a volatile market environment challenging global trade. However, we ... Read more
TVS Motor launches new motorcycle
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com TVS Motor Company launched a 160cc motorcycle in Bangladesh yesterday bearing an anti-lock braking system J Ekram Hussain, managing director of TVS Auto Bangladesh, unveiled the TVS Apache 160 2V at a programme in Dhaka yesterday, said a press release. Rahul Nayak, vice-president of International Business of TVS Motor Company, Biplob ... Read more
CPA to start construction works of Bay Terminal in 2023
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com The Chittagong Port Authority on Wednesday informed that they had completed all the preparations, including land acquisition and design, to start the construction works of the Bay Terminal in Chattogram from January 2023. CPA chairman rear admiral M Shahjahan disclosed the information at a press conference at Munshi Fazlur Rahman auditorium ... Read more
Tri-nation firm Gava to invest $25.62m in Dhaka EPZ
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com Gava Private Limited, a company owned by Hong Kong, Sri Lanka and Switzerland, is going to invest $25.62 million at Dhaka Export Processing Zone (DEPZ) to set up a garment manufacturing industry. The company will produce annually 4.4 million pieces of jackets, fleece jackets, t-shirts, polo shirts, sweaters, trousers, coverall, stretch ... Read more
GP received approval to sell used recycled SIMs
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com The telecom regulator recently permitted Grameenphone (GP) to sell unused pre-approved old numbers that had been out of service for more than 450 days, a Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) official said. Grameenphone has already started selling SIM cards against its suspended unused numbers, following regulatory approval. But, the ban on ... Read more
InterContinental Dhaka wins ‘World Travel Awards’
Business Desk : dhakamirror.com InterContinental Dhaka has been voted winner of a 29th Annual World Travel Awards 2022 in categories “Bangladesh’s Leading Hotel 2022” and “Bangladesh’s Leading Hotel Suite 2022 – Presidential Suite”. The Asia and Oceania Gala Ceremony 2022 of World Travel Awards was organised in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam recently, said ... Read more