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Feb192022 by No Comments

Toffee Star Search winners announced at the grand finale

Toffee Star Search, the biggest talent hunt show in the country, announced its winners of season one at a grand finale. Taimur Rahman, Acting CEO, Banglalink, Abdul Muqit Ahmed, Digital Services Director, Toffee, Tanveer Hossain Probaal, Head of Content, Toffee, and Qazi Urfi Ahmed, Brand & Communications Director, Banglalink, were present at the grand finale along with other top officials of Banglalink. Mohima Dev Thrayee, a participant from the music category, was announced as the champion of the first season of Toffee Star Search. She was awarded a crest and prize money worth Tk 25 lac. Eshan Dey and Sadman Khan, two other participants from the music category, were announced as the 1st runner-up and 2nd runner-up, respectively. They received crests and prize money worth Tk 15 ...

Feb152022 by No Comments

If tobacco tax is increased, additional revenue of Tk 9,200 crore will be collected

Breaking News, National

‘The current tobacco tax structure is extremely complex which is a major obstacle in the way of discouraging tobacco use. And for that, we have to simplify this tax structure. In that sense, it is possible to reduce tobacco use by increasing tobacco taxes in an effective way"- The speakers expressed their views in a virtual exchange meeting with the members of the Executive Committee of the Economic Reporters Forum (ERF) organized by the Dhaka Ahsania Mission on 15 February on the issue of the tobacco tax. The meeting was presided over by Shafiqul Alam, vice-president of Economic Reports Forum. Iqbal Masud, Director, Health and Wash Sector, Dhaka Ahsania Mission, Md. Mostafizur Rahman, Former Chairman, Bangladesh Chemical Industry Corporation (BCIC) and Lead Policy Adviser, Ca...

Feb142022 by No Comments

Infinix Launches campaign to celebrate Valentine’s Day

Breaking News, Entertainment

Infinix, a leading smartphone brand, which is currently very popular among the youths with its high configuration devices, has extended its activities for the youths for this Valentine’s Day. The smartphone brand has co-partnered with G-Series for a romantic drama that is to be released on this Valentine’s Day. Infinix became the title sponsor for the G-series produced Valentine’s Day drama “Party is On”. Brand ambassador of Infinix, Tanjin Tisha, is the leading actress of the drama, who is partnering with another heart-throb actor, Tawsif Mahbub. The drama is directed by popular director Osman Miraz and will be released on the popular social media platform YouTube on Valentine’s Day evening. The trio combo of these two actors and the director has provided many hit drama’s before, and the...

Feb142022 by No Comments

Grameenphone partners with itel to introduce affordable 4G smartphone

Breaking News, Business

Grameenphone has partnered with popular smartphone brand itel to launch the cobranded handset itel A23 Pro in Bangladesh with an aim to bring affordable 4G smartphones into the market to enable advanced connectivity for people from all walks of life across the country. A launching ceremony in this regard was organized at GPHouse where Mohammad Sajjad Hasib, Chief Marketing Officer, Md Mahbubul Alam Bhuiyan, Head of Product, Sarder Showkat Ali, Head of Device, VAS and Roaming Grameenphone, and Rezwanul Hoque, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Transsion Bangladesh Limited and Khairul Basher, Head of Communication of Grameenphone unveiled the affordable co-branded device. itel A23 Pro is a VoLTE enabled 4G smartphone equipped with the dual 4G SIM slot. It has a 5-inch big display, 1.4 GHz qu...

Feb132022 by No Comments

ULAB Hult Prize Organized Virtual Opening Ceremony

Breaking News, Education

ULAB Hult Prize has organized a virtual opening ceremony at 6:00PM on 12 February 2022. The purpose of arranging this session is mostly to engage all the students of the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) with this international business competition and to clear out all the queries of students about the Hult Prize Competition. ULAB’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Imran Rahman, graced the event as the Chief Guest. In the speech of the Chief Guest, Professor Imran Rahman presented the importance of exploration and how participating in different types of activities can help an individual to gain experiences in life. All the respected faculties and previous years’ executives shared their experiences and the values of participating in an international business competition like the ...

Feb132022 by No Comments

Bangladeshi feature screenplay ‘The Uncertainty’ at the Hollywood Film Festival

Breaking News, Entertainment

Bangladeshi film director Zafor Firoze's "The Uncertainty" has been included in the semi-finalist in feature screenplay category of the Hollywood International Diversity Film Festival. Today, the festival committee has officially confirmed the news through mail. The finale is scheduled to take place on February 26 and 27 in Los Angeles, USA. But due to the current pandemic situation, the festival authorities have announced to hold this event in a virtual way. Zafor Firoze said- the screenplay has been written based on true story. On November 12, 1970, a devastating cyclone and tidal wave killed more than one million people in the coastal region. In this story, I have tried to bring up how a beautiful family is harmed and suffered pathetically due to a natural disaster. This screenpla...

Feb122022 by No Comments

‘Nijhum Raate’ is coming on Valentine’s Day

Breaking News, Entertainment

Journalist and vocalist Sunny Azad is bringing new songs again. The title of the song is 'Nijhum Raate'. The song is written by lyricist and playwright Rezaur Rahman Rizvi. This is the third time Sunny and Rizvi have worked together on this. The melody and music of the song are directed by composer and music director Ahmed Sajeeb. The song is being released on 'Sunny Azad BD' YouTube channel on the occasion of Valentine's Day on 14 February. A video of the song has recently been made. Sunny will be seen with his wife Aria for the first time in the music video. In this context, Sunny Azad said, I have done two songs with Rizvi Bhai before. In his words, the song 'Adhar' got a huge response. Rizvi Bhai also wrote the song "Nijhum Raate" very nicely. Hope everybody enjoys it. However, this...

Feb82022 by No Comments

Visa Eases Access to Medical Care in India for Patients from Bangladesh

Breaking News, Business, Health

Visa (NYSE: V), the global leader in digital payments, announced today that it has partnered with Vaidam, a hospital care discovery platform, to make payments easier for medical travelers from South Asian countries seeking healthcare in India. Soumya Basu, Country Manager, Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan, Visa said, “Seeking medical facilities in a foreign country and navigating the process can be complex and intimidating. We are pleased to partner with Vaidam to enable citizens of Bangladesh seeking medical treatment in India with more comfort, wider access and the benefit and convenience of using their Visa cards to pay. India receives a sizable number of its medical visitors from Bangladesh and we are grateful to be able to cater to these care-seekers with discounts on their medical trea...

Feb72022 by No Comments

Daraz launches Valentine’s Day Campaign for the sixth successive year

Breaking News, Business

Country's largest online marketplace Daraz Bangladesh (https://www.daraz.com.bd/) has organized the Valentine's Day campaign (2022) for the sixth time in a row to celebrate the occasion of love. The campaign shall run from February 07, 2022, till Valentine's Day on February 14, 2022, to spread the essence of love among its customers. The campaign is co-sponsored by Bata, Dettol, Kitkat, Lotto, realme, and Studio X. The Brand Partners of the campaign include Fabrilife, Godrej, Logitech, Motion View, RiBANA, TP-Link, Trendz, and Emami. UGREEN, CkeyiN, and SKMEI are the Global Partners. Event partners are Chorki,Toursionn, Novoair, and Amari Hotel. There's also a Valentine's Feast Contest going on powered by Hungrynaki, restaurant partners, including The Chocolate Room, Sushi Oki, Delicious ...

Feb42022 by No Comments

Asia’s first tyre-related Apps introduced by Rupsha

Breaking News, Technology

Over the past decade, mobile applications have become a part of our lives. The iPhone's App Store and Android's Google Play were launched in 2008. Since then people are starting to depend on Apps for various reasons including gathering knowledge and knowing the price of a product. This time an app related to tyres was launched in Bangladesh which was also the first time for the Asia market. It is created & marketed by Rupsha Tyre, a domestic tyre manufacturer in Bangladesh. This app of Rupsha can be downloaded and used from any Android smartphone. It contains information related to their products, updated prices of new products, customer can talk to their representative via message. At the same time, users can give complaints or feedback through the app. It has a news section where ...