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Aug22022 by Rezaur Rahman RizviNo Comments

Grameenphone wins Digital Nation Award by GSMA

Grameenphone has been honored with The Digital Nation Award by the GSMA for democratizing connectivity and digitally empowering communities. The company's efforts to minimize the digital divide through vast, high-speed, affordable, accessible internet penetration and to empower communities across Bangladesh by accelerating their digital adoption contributed to Grameenphone’s top recognition in this award. On behalf of Yasir Azman, CEO of Grameenphone, Hossain Sadat, Senior Director of Corporate Affairs, Grameenphone, received the prestigious Digital Nation Award at the JW Marriott South Beach, Singapore. Grameenphone CEO Yasir Azman said, "We are on a mission to digitally empower Bangladesh over the last 25 years. As a digital connectivity partner, our role has become imperative in t...

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Aster Hospitals partners meet held in Dhaka

Breaking News, Health

Indian largest private healthcare service provider Aster Hospitals recently organized a meet-up for their business partners in Bangladesh. Aster Hospital's manager of international sales Saptak Das addressed the partners at the event. Dr. Hariprakash Chakravarty (Senior Consultant: Neurosurgery), Dr. Vikram Kekatapure - Head and Senior Consultant - Head and Neck Oncology, and Dr. Sonal Asthana, Lead Consultant - HPB & Liver Transplant Surgery and other senior officials including all partners attended the conference. Aster Hospitals has presented itself for the first time in Bangladesh. Aster DM Healthcare Limited is one of the largest private healthcare service providers operating in GCC and in India. With an inherent emphasis on clinical excellence, they are one of the few entit...

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Samsung retains top spot in global smartphone shipments for Q2 2022

Breaking News, Business

Samsung has once again become the world’s biggest smartphone brand in shipments during Q2 of this year, as revealed by market research firm Canalys. Samsung has strengthened the supply of its lower-end Galaxy A series, which significantly drove the brand towards this achievement. Despite a slowdown within the smartphone market, Samsung has successfully maintained its leadership position. During the second quarter of 2022, the leading smartphone manufacturer shipped nearly 60 million smartphone units out of a total of 275 million units globally and captured a 21% share of the global smartphone market compared to 18% last year. This achievement has primarily been driven by strong sales of the Galaxy S22 Ultra and Galaxy A series. In this regard, Md. Muyeedur Rahman, Head of Mobile, Samsung...

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realme 9 Pro+ winning praises of young photographers

Breaking News, Technology

Youth-favorite smartphone brand realme has recently launched a flagship camera device as the latest addition to its 9 Pro series – realme 9 Pro+. The device has been garnering immense admiration from young photographers due to its unmatched camera, powered by the Sony IMX766 flagship sensor. This amazing device comes with a phenomenal camera setup, equipped with the Sony IMX766 OIS (Optical Image Stabilizer) sensor, allowing for crisp and noise-free photos. It comes with a 50MP primary camera, a 2MP macro camera and an 8MP Ultra-Wide Camera along with a 16MP Selfie camera. The camera is equipped with ProLight imaging technology, which enhances the light within the photos to make them brighter and crisper. The large 1/1.56” sensor captures 63.8 percent more light for amazing low-light phot...

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Deho Station film released on Amazon Prime

Breaking News, Entertainment

The film Deho Station, written and directed by Ahmed Tahsin Shams, is released on Amazon Prime Video OTT platform in July 2022 for the USA and the UK regions only. This 127mins film, in English, entitled ‘A Tale of Night Flowers’ is a Social Tragedy Drama filmed in black and white for specific cinematic treatment, says the writer and director Ahmed Tahsin Shams. The story is centered on a sex worker and her daughter, and the way they survive in society. Even if they attempt for a better future, the consequences caused by the surroundings have been explicitly pictured in the film. The film is pictured in black and white to portray the gloom-life of prostitutes in Bangladesh. The casting of the film includes Moumita Mitra (Kolkata), Shahadat Hossain, late veteran actor S M Mohsin, H...

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Prof Yunus launches new global partnership with the World Football Summit

Breaking News, National

Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus launches new global partnership with the World Football Summit to combine the power of social business and football Professor Muhammad Yunus, Founder of the Grameen Bank and recipient of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, has long advocated for the world’s most significant institutions to solve human and environmental problems. As the pioneer of the global social business movement, Professor Yunus has spent the last 30 years working with social entrepreneurs all over the globe to build and grow enterprises that help others out of poverty and are not measured purely by profit. Recognising the unique power of sport to galvanise the world, in 2018 Professor Yunus launched the Yunus Sport Hub; a social business itself. In 2021, he became only the second recip...