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Jul242022 by No Comments

ShareTrip employees to receive insurance from MetLife

Bangladesh’s first and leading online travel agency, ShareTrip Ltd., has selected MetLife to provide insurance services to its employees. As a result, employees and their dependents (spouse and children) will be financially protected against accidents, disability and medical emergencies. For selecting an employee insurance providers, ShareTrip has taken into consideration MetLife’s customized solutions, online claims settlement service, faster payment of insurance claims and financial strength. In Bangladesh, MetLife provides insurance protection to over 2,70,000 employees and their dependents of more than 800 organizations. An agreement signing ceremony was held recently between ShareTrip Ltd. and MetLife Bangladesh. Kashef Rahman, Founder; Sadia Haque, Co-Founder & CEO; Sohail ...

Jul242022 by No Comments

Motorola offers up to 46% discount on Phones & Life Style products

Breaking News, Technology

Motorola Phone and lifestyle product fair started at the online shop Salextra (salextra.com.bd). In this fair, Motorola offers various discounts, Gifts, and 6 to 12 months 0% EMI on their phones and up to 46% discount on their lifestyle products. The main attraction of this fair is the price of the Motorola Edge 20 Fusion (6GB + 128GB) phone down to BDT 31,999. Its previous price was BDT 36,999. And the price of Motorola Edge 20 Fusion (8GB + 128GB) has down to BDT 38,999 whereas its previous price was BDT 38,999. In another, a customer can get BDT 1,000 discount on Moto G31 (4 GB + 64 GB) or a 12 month long 0% EMI facility. And BDT 2,000 discount on Moto G31 (6 GB + 128 GB) or a 12 month long 0% EMI facility. The discount on lifestyle products of Motorola starts from BDT 159 only. M...

Jul232022 by No Comments

The Law Minister welcomed the initiative to highlight the need for reform of the ‘Arbitration Act 2001’

Breaking News, National

Bangladesh International Arbitration Centre (BIAC) celebrated its 11th Founding Anniversary on Saturday, 23 July 2022 at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel, Dhaka and a Seminar with the Theme ꞌꞌArbitration Act 2001: Dire need for immediate Reformꞌꞌ was held on this occasion. Minister for Law, Justice & Parliamentary Affairs Anisul Huq, MP was the Chief Guest at the Seminar. Mahbubur Rahman, Chairman of BIAC moderated the Seminar. Speaking on the occasion as the Chief Guest, the Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq, MP mentioned that the Government welcomes the fundamental recommendations suggested for the necessary amendments of the relative Sections of the Arbitration Act 2001 in order to create a more ADR-friendly business environment. Mahbubur Rahman, Chairman, ...

Jul232022 by No Comments

Today’s television: Smart, sleek and feature-packed

Breaking News, Lifestyle

Giant, ferocious fire-spitting dragons are emerging from the night sky. They are headed straight towards you when suddenly your mother calls, and you reluctantly break your sight away from the television. Today, the television experience we enjoy barely resembles that of previous generations. Over the past two and a half decades, if we could point out one particular major tech trend, it would be the ability of gadgets to get smaller. TVs, however, took a different path. Two decades ago, a 30-inch TV was perceived as enormous, extremely heavy, that required its own piece of furniture. Nowadays, the same screen size is considered too small for many bedrooms, and you can get a massive 75-inch screen at a very affordable price. One of the key reasons why people purchase television now is fo...

Jul232022 by No Comments

Work from home on Thursdays to curb energy consumption and carbon footprint

Breaking News, Business

Grameenphone, the digital connectivity partner and a responsible corporate citizen of Bangladesh, has announced a series of initiatives and adopted contingency ways of work in solidarity with the Bangladesh government’s prudent national measures to navigate the looming challenging times and contribute to curbing consequences amidst the global energy crisis. The state-of-the-art Grameenphone headquarters, the climate-friendly GPHouse will be non-operational every Thursday, and employees will work from home. The digital connectivity partner also runs its operation with an AI-based solution to ensure electricity efficiency throughout its operations all over the country. Syed Tanvir Husain, Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) of Grameenphone, said, “The world is going through one of the gra...

Jul232022 by No Comments

Rally Held in Cox’s Bazar Sea Beach: Demanding 100% Smoke-free Public Places and Public Transport

Breaking News, National

With the demand for ensuring a 100 percent tobacco smoke-free environment in public places and public transport, a rally was held today (23 July 2022, Saturday) at the Sugandha Point of Cox's Bazar Sea Beach. The rally, organized with support from Campaign for Tobacco-free Kids (CTFK), was a part of the first day of activities of the two-day SDG Youth Summit 2022 event. Around three hundred youths, including students, participated in the rally. In speeches delivered following the rally, speakers said, second-hand smoke causes death. According to the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) 2017, 42.7 percent of the adult population who work in indoor workplaces (8.1 million people in number) fall victim to passive smoking and another 24 percent of adults (25 million in number) who use public ...

Jul182022 by No Comments

OPPO Organizes Global Screen Protection Plan with Lucrative Service Offers in Bangladesh

Breaking News, Business

OPPO has come up with the Global Screen Protection Plan Event, offering exciting service discounts to its customers in addition to free after-sales services and many other attractions. The two-month-long event started on June 30, 2022, and will continue till August 30, 2022. During the event in Bangladesh, customers can visit any of the 22 customer service centers, 12 touch points and authorization centers, and 34 service outlets to avail of these offers. During the offer period, customers can enjoy discounts of up to 50% on screen replacement of specific models, in addition to favorable pricing on phone repair. Moreover, there are special replacement discounts for the screen, battery, and back cover in OPPO Service Centers, ensuring a relatively lower replacement price overall. Custome...

Jul172022 by No Comments

realme Unveiled its Latest Smartphone

Breaking News, Technology

realme, the fastest-growing smartphone brand unveiled the appearance of its most anticipated number series - realme 9 Pro Series. Inspired by sunrise, realme once again shows its leading design DNA with the unique Light Shift Design on realme 9 Pro Series. The grace color - Sunrise Blue features the Light Shift Design, which shows the beautiful effect by sun. Under normal sunlight or UV exposure, the rear back of the device will turns into red color from blue in 3 seconds. And it will turn back to blue in 2 to 5 minutes without sunlight. This special design effect is thanks for the photochromic principle, with adding OCA organic photochromic materials, it allows the rear cover changes the color when it illuminated by ultraviolet rays. Its never easy to achieve this sunrise effect on ...

Jul172022 by No Comments

Bangladesh Media Innovation Awards 2022 announced

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Relishing the golden prospects of Digital Bangladesh it is essential to promote the growth and development of the media industry. In order to recognize the innovative initiatives in the media industry which are taking us forward to the next level through digital transformation, country's leading online marketplace Daraz Bangladesh as a pioneer recently announced an award program, named Bangladesh Media Innovation Awards 2022. The announcement came through a press conference held at the capitals Parliament Members' Club on July 17, 2022. Honorable Member of Parliament, Naheed Ezaher Khan, Sonia Bashir Kabir-Vice Chairman, SBK Foundation, From Daraz, along with MD. Tajdin Hassan- Chief Marketing Officer, A H M Hasinul Quddus (Rusho)- Chief Corporate Affairs Officer and many other high off...

Jul162022 by Statement DeskNo Comments

MetLife Depositor’s Protection Scheme

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To help people be financially better prepared in managing different needs at different stages of life, MetLife Bangladesh has launched a new all-in-one solution titled “MetLife Depositor’s Protection Scheme (MDPS)” which offers life insurance benefits and financial protection for accidents, serious illnesses, hospital admission and disability from a single insurance policy. MDPS offers more value for money as customers can receive a wide range of financial protection against any unforeseen events from one dedicated policy. Customers can also receive investment benefits (tax rebate) and maturity value at the end of the policy tenure. Keeping the importance of flexibility in mind, MDPS allows customers to customize their financial benefits according to their needs and future plan. Subj...