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Jun122022 by No Comments

Energypac celebrates World Environment Day with a wide range of programs

Centering the World Environment Day 2022, Energypac Power Generation Limited (EPGL) has recently undertaken various programs at G Gas LPG Plant, Khulna, G Gas Satellite Plant 101, Rupganj, and Energypac Industrial Park G-6, Gazipur, with an aim to maintain the ecological balance while promoting environmental sustainability and contributing to the development of the environment. This year’s theme for World Environment Day was “Only One Earth & Living Sustainably in Harmony with Nature.” The day has been celebrated throughout the world, and the country through various events organized both officially and privately. Humayun Rashid, Managing Director & CEO, Energypac Power Generation Limited, said, “As an organization committed to environmental sustainability, Energypac Power Gen...

Jun122022 by No Comments

Shwapno and Shakib Al Hasan’s Monarch Mart signed the MoU to facilitate online grocery

Breaking News, Business

ACI Logistics Limited (Shwapno) and Monarch Mart Limited signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on June 12, 2022, to sell customers the finest quality products online. Both parties have signed the MoU to facilitate online grocery shopping amid the increasing demand in the country. The number of e-commerce subscribers is rising daily, and so is the demand for hassle-free shopping. Therefore, Monarch Mart is fetching a "Shwapno Gift Card" to make shopping effortless and affordable for its customers. As a result, the customers will be able to shop at special discounts and at convenient times, according to the officials of the two companies. The signing ceremony is being held at Abu Naser, Director Operations, Sohel Tanvir Khan, Business Director, Khawja Ashhad Belal, Head of E-comme...

Jun122022 by No Comments

Cigarettes fall in real price due to inflation and per capita income: Webinar speakers

Breaking News, National

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced to make the country tobacco-free by 2040. To this end, the government has included tobacco control in the Eighth Five-Year Plan. However, in the webinar titled 'Tobacco Tax in the Budget FY 2022-2023: Expectations and Achievements' organized by Dhaka Ahsania Mission Health Sector on the afternoon of June 12, those concerned feel that the proposed budget announced in the National Assembly is an obstacle in building a tobacco-free Bangladesh. In addition, the increase in the price of tobacco products in the proposed budget is also disappointing. Because if we compare inflation and per capita income, we can see that the real price of cigarettes has come down. The webinar was hosted by Iqbal Masud, Director, Health and WASH Sector, Dhaka Ahsania Mi...

Jun122022 by Statement DeskNo Comments

Rakuten Viber and Mineski Global boost the fun with the launch of the mgames chatbot on Viber

Breaking News, Technology

Rakuten Viber, in partnership with Mineski Global, has recently introduced the ‘mgames chatbot’ consisting of exciting and easy-to-play games to bring hyper-casual gaming to a whole new level. Viber users across the Asia Pacific will now have free and easy access to 70 hyper-casual games through the mgames chatbot on the platform, with new games to be introduced every month. mgames is a casual gaming platform created by Mineski Global, offering an extensive range of games that are easy to play and navigate in terms of game mechanics and design. “We are excited about our collaboration with Mineski Global in integrating hyper-casual games into our platform for different segments of users,” says David Tse, Senior Director, Rakuten Viber. “We are not just launching games in Viber, we are...

Jun112022 by No Comments

24 teams and Three Individuals Come Out as Winner in RUET CSE Fest 2K22

Breaking News, Education

RUET CSE Fest 2K22 names a bunch of winners of this ICT-based competition. An announcement event and award ceremony event have recently been organized at the RUET campus with the presence of renowned academics from different universities. Prof. Dr. Md. Rafiqul Islam Sheikh, Vice-Chancellor of RUET, graced the event as the Chief Guest and Prof. Dr. Md. Al Mamun, Head of Department of CSE, RUET as Organizing Chair. Besides, Prof. Dr. Md. Shahid Uz Zaman, Prof. Dr. Boshir Ahmed from RUET CSE department, and Shahriar Manzoor, Associate Professor of Southeast University were present as Special Guests. Md. Taufiqur Rahman, Senior Manager, Huawei Technologies (Bangladesh) Limited joined Huawei, the technology partner of this event. RUET CSE Fest, one of the biggest tech carnivals for the cu...

Jun112022 by No Comments

ActionAid Bangladesh’s 2-days long festival on resilience

Breaking News, National

To celebrate the resilience of communities of Bangladesh and the country’s glorious heritage, culture, and traditions, ActionAid Bangladesh (AAB) organized a 2-days long festival, titled ‘Festival of Resilience: People, Planet and Possibilities.’ Centering around the strength of Bangladesh’s people to strive and rise against all odds, the festival aims to encourage celebration and participation among communities in recognition of their stories of resilience. The festival took place on 9 and 10 June 2022 at Dhaka’s “NCC” (Naveed’s Comedy Club) in Gulshan 2. For decades, the people of Bangladesh have faced countless challenges, such as climate and human-induced disasters, inequalities, economic instability, refugee crisis and pandemic. But every time, the mass bounced back with the power o...

Jun92022 by No Comments

Proposed Budget to Decrease Tobacco Products’ Real Prices and Hike Use among the Poor and the Youth

Breaking News, National

The proposed budget, if finally adopted and realized, will increase the use of tobacco products among the poor and the youth. It will hike health expenditure and deprive the government of additional revenue. The proposed budget for FY 2022-23 failed to take into account any of the demands raised by anti-tobacco organizations, and is in grave conflict with the Honorable Prime Minister's vision for a tobacco-free Bangladesh. The proposed budget raises the price for 10 sticks of low-tier cigarettes by only Tk. 1, setting the price at Tk. 40. It shows only a 2.56 percent increase in this tier. Such an increase is negligible considering the fact that the National Per Capita Income (Nominal) has increased by nearly 10 percent. As a result of this budgetary measure, the real price of cigarettes w...

Jun72022 by No Comments

Ensure Safe Food to Reduce Hypertension Risk: Speakers at World Food Safety Day Webinar

Breaking News, National

The World Food Safety Day 2022 is being observed with the theme - “Safer food, better health”. The day is of great importance for Bangladesh as consumption of unsafe food is leading to exponential rise in prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and related mortality in the country. Speakers expressed the importance of safe food for tackling NCDs like hypertension and cardiovascular diseases at a webinar marking World Food Safety Day today on Tuesday, 07 June 2022 organized by research and advocacy organization PROGGA (Knowledge for Progress) with the support from the Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI). It was informed at the webinar that, one in every five (21%) adults in Bangladesh are suffering from hypertension at present and intake of unsafe food is greatly responsible for...

Jun72022 by No Comments

Meet representatives from top universities for higher studies

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Study Group, an international education provider, is set to host a University Fair at Westin Dhaka located in the capital on June 10, 2022. The event featuring six top universities and aimed at providing comprehensive information to aspiring students willing to study abroad will start at 10:30 AM and will continue till 6:30 PM. In the event, students who are looking to go abroad for their higher studies can seek information or solution regarding any doubt they may have directly from their desired institutions. Study Group has geared up to host a University Fair, which is to be attended by Florida Atlantic University, James Madison University, Long Island University, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, the University of Hartford and Western University. Srini Bandara, Regional Directo...

Jun72022 by No Comments

Huawei partners with GOLDEN HARVEST to build a cloud-based, fully connected smart Bangladesh

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Huawei Technologies (Bangladesh) Limited and Golden Harvest will work together in Bangladesh to help every industry in achieving higher business growth and significantly reduce operation costs. An agreement between these two parties has been signed this week at the head office of Huawei Bangladesh in Gulshan, Dhaka. Abdul Huque, Director, Golden Harvest and Alex Li, Director, Huawei Bangladesh have signed the agreement on behalf of their organization. Abuzer Ghaffari FCA, Operations Director & CFO, Golden Harvest; Md Shajahan Ahmed, Manager, Cloud Business, Huawei Bangladesh and others from both of these entities were present at the ceremony. Under the agreement, Golden Harvest Info Tech, a wing of Golden Harvest, will be providing cloud solutions, Software as a Service (SaaS) and In...