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Nov22021 by No Comments

Shahidur Rahman: Beacon of hope in socio development

To work for the country, for the people of the country, requires courage and an energetic mind to overcome all obstacles. If you wanna say you are a patriot, you must feel for the people of your country. We are talking about the one whose inner voice always commands him to work to meet the needs of the surrounding people. He could not bear the inequality of the society, the discrimination of the people, the suffering of the people. Helping people was a matter of boundless joy for him from an early age.We are talking about the idol, Shahidur Rahman Chowdhury Jabed, who is holding the position of a fearless soldier. He is the model of the social workers whose prime intention is to serve people. From his childhood, he has had a fascination for helping others. He was involved with differen...

Oct302021 by No Comments

MetLife’s premium can now be paid at over 5,000 DBBL Agent Banking Centers

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MetLife Bangladesh continues to expand accessibility for its customers with the signing of an agreement with Dutch-Bangla Bank (DBBL) through which MetLife customers can pay their premiums at over 5,000 DBBL agent banking outlets. Premium payment at agent banking outlets is completely free of charge, and customers will receive money receipt and SMS confirmation on their premium payment.Alongside paying premiums at DBBL Agent Banking outlets, MetLife customers can also use MetLife service centers, online payment facilities, mobile financial services (Rocket, bKash, Nagad and NexusPay), and ATM, branches, and more than 8,000 agent banking outlets of various MetLife authorized banks to pay their premiums.More information about MetLife Bangladesh’s premium payment channels can be found...

Oct302021 by No Comments

BIAC’s 10th Anniversary

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Bangladesh International Arbitration Centre (BIAC) as the country’s first and only Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) institution has been, over the first decade of its operation, playing a vital role to resolve commercial disputes amicably. BIAC celebrated its 10th founding anniversary on 30 October 2021 at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel, Dhaka and a seminar themed “Dispute Resolution in the Virtual World: the Impact of Covid-19’’ 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 Chief Guest Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq, MP mentioned that appreciating the recent initiatives and efforts by BIAC...

Oct292021 by No Comments

Samsung Launches Neo QLED 8K TV in Bangladesh

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At a glorious event today, the leading electronics brand Samsung launched its top-of-the-line Neo QLED 8k TV for the Bangladesh market. Innovation and improvisation, according to the consumers’ convenience, has been a specialty of Samsung Electronics since the very beginning. As part of it, the new generation Neo QLED 8K TV promises pristine audio and visual quality through cutting-edge technology for a marvelous cinematic experience for customers.The launching event was attended by top officials from Samsung and its partners. Among them were Hwansung Woo, Country Manager, Samsung Bangladesh, Ruhul Alam Al Mahbub, Chairman, Fair Electronics, Arshad Huq, Managing Director & CEO, Transcom Electronics Limited, Shahid Ahmed Abdullah, Executive Director, Electra International Limited, Q...

Oct272021 by No Comments

Samsung Electronics Solidifies Its Brand Value with Top-Five Ranking in Interbrand’s Best Global Brands 2021

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Samsung Electronics announced that it had reaffirmed its position as a top-five brand in Interbrand’s Best Global Brands 2021.According to the Best Global Brands list announced by the global consulting firm Interbrand recently, Samsung ranked fifth with a brand value of USD 74.6 billion, a 20% increase compared to last year. On the back of its strong financial performance, which has recovered to reach pre-pandemic levels, the company’s brand value surged by 20% this year, twice the average brand value growth rate among the top 100 brands in 2021.Since entering the top five for the first time last year, Samsung has maintained its position for two consecutive years with its largest increase in brand value since 2013.According to Interbrand, major factors that played a critical ro...

Oct262021 by No Comments

Grameenphone signs agreement with D24 Logistics, a former employee led startup

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Grameenphone has signed an agreement with ‘D24 Logistics Ltd’, a startup led by former employees in a bid to promote entrepreneurship, drive startup and agility culture across the organization. D24 Logistics will be primarily responsible for certain inventory & delivery management and archiving & disposal management for Grameenphone.A signing ceremony in this regard was held at GPHouse on 26 October while Jens Becker, Chief Financial Officer, Syed Tanvir Husain, Chief Human Resources Officer, and Md Ziaul Karim, Managing Director of D24 Logistics on behalf of their respective organizations were present. Yeasir Mahmood Khan, Director, Business Partner & Circle HR, K. M. Sabbir Ahmed, Head of Industrial Relations and Khairul Basher, Head of Communication of Grameenphone were ...

Oct262021 by No Comments

Samsung’s ‘Awesome Booth’ buzzing among the youth!

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Samsung Bangladesh has recently launched their ‘Awesome Booth’ campaign in Dhaka, enabling talented content creators to let their imaginations roam free and explore maximum creativity with their digital contents. The leading smartphone manufacturer has already entertained the content creators with their inaugural booth at Rabindra Sarabar on October 22-23, and the next stops for the Awesome Booth are scheduled to be at Hatirjheel and Chef’s Table Courtside, on October 26-27 and October 29-30, respectively.For this campaign, a uniquely designed A-shaped booth is placed at the locations with stunning graphics and visual integrations so that anyone who will visit the booth can create impressive contents with extravagant look and feel. Visitors at the Awesome Booths will get the opportunit...

Oct252021 by No Comments

iPhone 13 series Pre-Booking starts at Salextra

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The new iPhone 13 series launched with Powerful Battery life in the world market. In comparison with the earlier series, this new series is the strongest series of the iPhone made ever. Now, salextra.com.bd (https://www.salextra.com.bd/apple-1) starts the pre-booking of the world’s most popular iPhone in Bangladesh. Consumers can pre-book any series using the credit card of any bank in Bangladesh.Salextra also offers three special gifts with this pre-booking. Those are a t-shirt, a mug and a charging adapter. Salextra offers up to 36 months EMI with zero interest. The pre-booking has started with only ten thousand taka.Except for the powerful battery performance, the new iPhone series also builds with Appel’s own designed five-core GPU A15 Bionic chip.In another, iPhone-13 pro ...

Oct242021 by No Comments

FIRST EVER BANGLADESH RETAIL AWARDS 2021 & 6TH BANGLADESH RETAIL CONGRESS

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The 6th edition of Bangladesh Retail Congress, crafted under the theme “Designing the Future Of Retail” took place on the 22nd & 23rd of October and the 1st ever Bangladesh Retail Awards 2021 also took place following the last day of the summit by honoring different organizations through 26 Winners & 14 Honorable Mentions in different categories. The exclusive 2-day virtual event was organized by Bangladesh Brand Forum, presented by Shwapno and powered by Apex, geared towards any business or organization involved in retail operations.This year the prestigious conference traversed the retail spectrum from RMG to Food to Superstore to Home Décor. Due to the global pandemic, the world of Retail was poised with one question- what to do during this unprecedented time? Bangladesh Ret...

Oct232021 by Statement DeskNo Comments

foodpanda and Rebel Foods launch Asia’s largest virtual brands partnership

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foodpanda, Asia’s largest food and grocery delivery platform, today announced a long-term, multi-market partnership with Rebel Foods to enable restaurant partners and cloud kitchen operators to grow additional revenue streams, at little or no start-up costs. Rebel Foods is the world’s largest internet restaurant company headquartered in India. The new digital-first F&B format sees foodpanda and Rebel Foods joining forces for the benefit of local and small players in the F&B industry.Through this partnership — for an initial five years — both companies will aim to launch more than 10 virtual brands in over 2,000 outlets across the region, making this the largest virtual brand partnership in Asia, and the first of its kind in the region at this scale.As part of the partnershi...