There’s some good news for small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs) based online as Shakti Foundation, a microfinance intuition, has joined hands with Delivery Tiger, a courier and parcel service platform, to disburse collateral-free loans among them, including F-commerce companies. Shakti Foundation and Delivery Tiger collaborated to launch the
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Bashundhara Group launches Toggi Fun World
Bashundhara Group has developed a mega theme park ‘Toggi FunWorld’ in the capital, said a press release. The Toggi Fun World was inaugurated with a flash mob show at Bashundhara City Shopping Complex in the capital on Wednesday. The theme park at Bashundhara City Shopping Complex is renovated with
Pran to procure 12,000 tonnes of tomatoes
Pran, an agro-processor of the country and a subsidiary of Pran-RFL Group, has set a target to procure 12,000 tonnes of tomatoes for manufacturing tomato-based products, including sauce and ketchup, for the season. The conglomerate has started collecting and pulping tomatoes at Pran Agro Ltd factories in Natore and the Barind (Varendra) Industrial Park in ... Read more
Berger awards aspiring young architects
Berger Paints Bangladesh Ltd (BPBL) in collaboration with the department of architecture at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) virtually organised the Berger Award Programme for students of Architecture BUET (BASAB) recently. A total of 22 awardees from the 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 sessions were
Daraz launches Big Home Makeover campaign for home decor enthusiasts
Daraz Bangladesh, the country’s largest online marketplace, has recently launched ‘Big Home Makeover’ campaign for the fifth time, said a press release. With increasing advancements in our daily lives, we often seek opportunities to upgrade our homes, especially right before occasions like
Creative IT Institute, foodpanda signs corporate agreement
Bangladesh’s leading tech education institution Creative IT Institute and online food and grocery delivery platform foodpanda have recently signed a memorandum of understanding, said a press release. As part of foodpanda for business deal, students, staff members and alumni of Creative IT Institute will receive special discounts while ordering on foodpanda
City Group, WaterAid signs MoU over tea pickers hygiene, sanitation
A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between WaterAid Bangladesh and City Group recently where WaterAid will provide technical support to access safe and adequate water supply, sanitation and hygiene services for the tea pickers, said a press release. The activities will focus to plan and design WASH infrastructures and
British Council to host ‘Transforming Narratives Mela & Symposium’
Culture Central, in partnership with the British Council and Arts Council England and 10 Birmingham-based cultural organisations, is going to organise an event styled as ‘Transforming Narratives Mela & Symposium’ to be held from March 19-21, 2022 to celebrate contemporary arts and culture, said a press release. Transforming Narratives is an international programme designed to ... Read more
Unilever, UNDP celebrate IWD 2022 by driving plastic clean-up, awareness at NCC
To improve the health of the planet, more than 100 women have joined hands together to create awareness on plastic clean-up at Narayanganj City Corporation as part of the International Women’s Day 2022 campaign ‘Diversity for Sustainability’, said a press release. The one-day campaign was designed to raise community level awareness on
GP first to introduce eSIM
ACI Motors Ltd, local distributor of Yamaha and a subsidiary of ACI Group, launched the largest Yamaha showroom at the Haque Center in Tejgaon, Dhaka on Tuesday. FH Ansarey, managing director of ACI Motors, Shakib Al Hasan, Yamaha’s brand ambassador, and popular vocalist Hamin Ahmed cut a cake to inaugurate the
GP first to introduce eSIM
Grameenphone, the country’s top mobile phone operator, has launched eSIMs for the first time in Bangladesh and the new product will be available from March 7. So, the customers will have the benefit of connectivity without a physical SIM card on an eSIM enabled device, according to a statement from the
Shab-e-Barat on March 18
Muslims in Bangladesh will observe Shab-e-Barat on the night of March 18 as Sha’ban moon was not sighted on Bangladesh sky today. The decision was taken at the National Moon Sighting Committee meeting at Baitul Mukarrom National Mosque this evening, said a press release of the religious affairs
Evaly fraud case: Tahsan, Mithila, Sabnam Faria dropped from charge sheet
Dhanmondi police have dropped the names of five people including actors Tahsan Khan, Rafiath Rashid Mithila and Sabnam Faria from the charges of a fraud case, finding no grounds relating to E-commerce platform Evaly. Police, however, have pressed charges against Evaly CEO Mohammad Rassel alias Babul, Chairman Shamima Nasrin and two others — vice-president of ... Read more
Nipun’s election as BFAA’s GS declared illegal by HC
The High Court on Wednesday declared illegal the Election Appellate Board’s decision of declaring film actress Nipun Akter as general secretary of Bangladesh Film Artistes’ Association by cancelling candidature of her counterpart Zayed Khan for ‘misconduct’. A bench of Justice Mamnoon Rahman and Justice
Digital platform for aquaculture introduced
Right Haat, a digital platform for aquaculture actors including farmers, was launched at Brac Centre Inn in Dhaka yesterday. The digital platform combines both advisory support and a portfolio of products and services for aquaculture farmers and market actors, a press release
Walton announces Digital Campaign Season-14
Walton yesterday declared its countywide ‘Digital Campaign Season-14’ to provide faster and best after-sales service to customers through online automation following the success in the previous seasons. Under the new campaign, customers might get sure cashback of up to Tk 10 lakh or crores of free products purchasing Walton fridge, television, air conditioner, washing
AB Bank, Renaissance hotel sign deal
AB Bank Ltd signed an agreement with Renaissance Dhaka Gulshan Hotel last week. Abdur Rahman, deputy managing director of AB Bank Ltd, and Noeke Kusuma, general manager of Renaissance Dhaka Gulshan Hotel, inked the deal at the bank’s head office in Gulshan, Dhaka. Under the agreement, the credit cardholders of
Bank Asia wins Intellectual Property Protection Award 2020
Bank Asia Ltd has recently been awarded the “Intellectual Property Protection Award 2020” by the Bangladesh Copyright Board for its conscious and responsible role in the protection of intellectual property. The bank has been awarded as the only financial institution of the country in the copyright category, a press release said
There’s no pressure from any circles
Says CEC Awal The Election Commission is under no pressure from political circles or any parties, said the new Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Quazi Habibul Awal yesterday. Responding to a query whether the commission was facing any pressure, he said, “There is no question of pressure. There is no pressure. We work independently and will ... Read more
Primary schoolchildren return to campuses across Bangladesh
In-person classes at primary educational institutions, including schools and kindergartens, across the Bangladesh resumed on Wednesday after over a month. The students of Class I to Class V were seen to go schools from morning to join their classes in two shifts. At different places, the students and their parents said that they were