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Aug102021 by News DeskNo Comments

Facebook’s interest in investing in the digital infrastructure sector

Facebook is working to invest in the digital infrastructure sector in Bangladesh. A high-level virtual meeting on investment was held between Facebook authorities and BTRC on August 9 in the presence of Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar. Secretary of Posts and Telecommunications Md. Afzal Hossain and Chairman of BTRC Shamsunder Sikder addressed the meeting. During the meeting, Director General of BTRC Brigadier General Md. Nasim Parvez presented a picture of the progress of the telecom sector in Bangladesh. The Minister for Posts and Telecommunications highlighted the overall progress of the telecom sector in Bangladesh and said that the digital connectivity sector is a thrust sector for investment. Done. He said that the life of the people of the country ha...

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A temporary waiver of the Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights

Breaking News, Health

An article written by Parsa Erfani, Agnes Binagwaho, Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh, Muhammad Yunus, Paul Farmer, and Vanessa Kerry has been published in the British Medical Journal, on 3rd August 2021 titled " Intellectual property waiver for covid-19 vaccines will advance global health equity" which focuses on the importance of a temporary IP waiver to reach global needs. The article states the current vaccination figures show that the percentage of people in high-income countries who have been vaccinated is 46% while 20% in middle-income countries and 0.9% in low-income countries. This is largely due to the acquisition of doses by high-income countries in large quantities as well as production is restricted to a small number of manufacturers. The article states that a clear scarcity of supp...

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REVE Chat Announces WhatsApp Business Channel Integration to Strengthen Its Omni channel Solution

Breaking News, Business

REVE Chat, the global provider of AI enabled omni channel customer engagement platforms, announced the integration with the WhatsApp Business channel to help businesses build personalized relationships and deliver top-notch customer support. REVE Chat platform also supports Live Chat, Chatbots, Facebook, Viber, Telegram etc. as customer engagement channels. WhatsApp is a popular messaging app with more than 2 billion active users. Now with REVE Chat, from the same dashboard, businesses can manage WhatsApp conversations along with other channels like web, Facebook, etc. On the REVE Chat platform, messages to a single WhatsApp Business number can be accessed through multiple agents, can route to different agents as well as managers can monitor the performance of their agents. M Rezaul ...

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Specific proposals by eminent persons to amend the tobacco control law

Breaking News, National

MPs and doctors made specific proposals to amend the tobacco control law. In particular, the negotiators emphasized the need to amend the existing tobacco control law. Barrister Shamim Haider Patwary, MP, Gaibandha-1 and Member, Standing Committee on the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Advocate Syeda Rubina Akhter Mira, MP, Women's Seat-24 and Member, Standing Committee on the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism, Professor Dr. Pran Gopal Datta, former Vice-Chancellor, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University and Professor Dr. Sohel Reza Choudhury, Head of Department, Department of Epidemiology and Research, National Heart Foundation Hospital and Research Institute took part in the live discussion program organized by Dhaka Ahsania Mission on the evening of ...

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4 more women entrepreneurs received eSheBee and Edinburgh University Research Fellowship

Breaking News, National

eSheBee Enterprises, a research organization working for grassroots women entrepreneurship development in collaboration with the University of Edinburgh, Scotland had launched Research Entrepreneurs Fellowship. The main goal of the Fellowship is to expand a network of Local Research Assistants (RAs) in rural Bangladesh and increase the capacity of research assistants through pilot projects. Under the fellowship, in the first phase, scholarships are being given to 6 women entrepreneurs from 6 divisions of Bangladesh. In the second phase, scholarships are being given to 4 more women entrepreneurs of Bangladesh. With this, a total of 10 women entrepreneurs got the opportunity of this fellowship. 4 new women entrepreneurs who received fellowships are-Julia Mardi (Rajshahi), Afrin Akther...

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Tamal presenting ‘Mood Nei’

Entertainment

Corona-era lockdown and restrictions have devoured our life, our city, our world. As if suddenly, each one of us has been forced to become inhabitants on an isolated island. It is a sad reality all around. You can almost listen to the silent cries blowing in the air and then being carried away by the howling winds. ‘Mood Nei’ a forget-the-odds-and-feel-good song from the pianist, composer and vocalist Tamal strongly resonates with this anguish and pain of seclusion and singularity that we are currently undergoing due to this global havoc. An excellent music video for the song ‘Mood No', made by TML Productions, has also been released by TML Music on their own YouTube channel (https://youtu.be/I9V_hi34I5E). Lyricist Sakal composed the lyric of the song. Another good news for music l...

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Why ‘designated smoking area’ in restaurants?

Opinion

Rezaur Rahman Rizvi You went to the restaurant with your family. Suddenly you noticed that there was a closed room inside the restaurant as a 'designated place' for smoking. The smokers who come to the restaurant there smoke and hang out. Many non-smoking friends or relatives gossip in that room. However, even though the place is set aside for smoking, the smoke and smell of smoking can be found all over the restaurant. Because whenever someone enters or exits that room, the smoke and smell of smoke come out with it. The subject is very uncomfortable for those who do not smoke. And there is the issue of the harm of secondhand smoke. Educational Institutions, Government Offices, Semi-Government Offices, Autonomous Offices and Private Offices, Libraries Elevator, Covered Workplace ...

Aug52021 by Rezaur Rahman RizviNo Comments

Habib, a solo music evening in the United States

Entertainment

News Desk : The solo music evening of Habib, the son of Mymensingh, Bangladesh, was held on July 29 at the Queen's Palace Party Hall in Woodside, New York, USA. It was artist Habib's first solo music evening. The artist captivated the audience with the melody of about three hours. The whole Queen's Palace was filled with the dance of the audience to the beat of the song. At that time, his friends, relatives and neighbors were present in the audience. The songs he sang were Miles's - Jala Jala Jala Ei Mon Jure, Ayub Bachchur's - Haste Dekho Gaite Dekho, Tara Bhora Raate, Khurshid Alam's- Chumki Choleche Eka Pothe, Runa Laila and Khurshid Alam's - Jodi Bou Sajo Go etc. A group called Omega Point Friends and Family organized this evening's music. After enjoying the event, a dinner party wa...

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‘The role of Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah in the establishment of Dhaka University is evident’- Speakers at the discussion

Breaking News, National

Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah, a prominent twentieth-century academic, Sufi saint and social reformer, obtained his MA in Philosophy from Calcutta University in 1895. Then for 34 long years, he kept himself engaged in teaching and education service and tried to make the backward people of Bengal interested in education especially in English education. Through his diligent efforts, several educational institutions were established in different parts of Chittagong, Cumilla and Brahmanbaria. From 1914 to 1928 he was a member of the Senate, Syndicate, other important committees and councils of Calcutta University. He was nominated a member of an important sub-committee of the Nathan Committee formed in 1912 to formulate the Dhaka University Scheme. Later, Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah was no...

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FA Sumon’s ‘Sudhu Tor Khoje’

Breaking News, Entertainment

After a long time, vocalist FA Sumon came up with a new song for the audience. He has recently released a new song titled 'Sudhu Tor Khoje'. Amit Kar has the tune and music of the song with the words of journalist Omar Faruk Bishal. The song 'Sudhu Tor Khoje' has been used in the play 'Double Zero'. A video of the song has been made. The video was made by Preeti Dutt. The video features actors Irfan Sajjad and Sarika Sabah. The song 'Sudhu Tor Khoje' has been released on the YouTube channel of the production company G-Series. Regarding the song, FA Sumon said, "The words of the song 'Sudhu Tor Khoje' are excellent." I also tried to give the audience a good gift of a song. Hopefully, my new song will be liked by the audience. It is to be mentioned that FA Sumon got wide popular...