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Energypac observes World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2025

Energypac Power Generation PLC recently celebrated World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2025 across Its Nationwide Facilities with due solemnity, reinforcing its commitment to creating safer and healthier workplaces through innovation, awareness, and collaboration. Employees at each of these facilities gathered to reflect on the importance of workplace safety, explore how AI and digital tools are being integrated into operations, and renew their shared commitment to maintaining hazard-free environments. As a leading power engineering company, Energypac has always been committed to ensuring employee well-being. Throughout the years, this commitment has been reflected through the company's various initiatives focused on the health and safety of their employees. Speaking of the celebrati...

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BRAC Bank TARA at Eight: Creating financial opportunities for women in Bangladesh

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BRAC Bank launched TARA, the country’s first comprehensive banking proposition dedicated to women, in 2017. It was created to ensure that women, whether entrepreneurs, homemakers, students, professionals, or rural customers, could access financial services tailored to their needs.Eight years later, over 300,000 women from all walks of life now bank with BRAC Bank TARA. Women account for 28% of the bank’s customer base. TARA contributes 32% of the total retail deposit portfolio, with 39% of BRAC Bank’s retail deposit net growth in 2024 coming from TARA.The idea behind TARA was to empower, inspire and connect women across Bangladesh, serving the financial and lifestyle needs of individual women and business owners with personalised banking solutions.With a deposit portfolio excee...

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A Thrilling Wrap of Foton at Dhaka Automotive show

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The Dhaka Commercial Automotive Show 2025 came to a close with a vibrant and festive atmosphere. Over the course of three days, ACI Motors’ Foton brand remained a center of attraction for thousands of visitors. As a major highlight of the event, ACI Motors officially unveiled the technologically advanced Foton Aumark-E Freezer Van for the first time in the Bangladesh market. Alongside this, Foton also showcased its 1 Ton, 1.2 Ton, 1.5 Ton, and 3 Ton pickup models, drawing significant attention from visitors and prospective buyers.To mark the occasion, Foton offered exclusive assured gifts — including refrigerators, smart TVs, and smartphones — with every purchase of a Foton pickup, a campaign that received enthusiastic response from customers. The Foton pavilion also featured a wide ra...

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Three Bangladeshi lecturers participated in the 7th International ELT Conference in Nepal

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Three lecturers from BRAC University and Notre Dame University Bangladesh—Ahmed Aushmita Taimee, Prithwi Agnes Rozario, and Yeassin Saha Nawaj Salim—participated in the 7th International ELT and Applied Linguistics Conference held at Tribhuvan University in Kathmandu, Nepal.The two-day conference, held on May 3–4, 2025, featured the presentation of their research paper, aligning with the conference theme: "Changing Ecology in Language Education: Research, Innovation, and Application."In addition to this, they are scheduled to present another research paper at the 23rd AsiaTEFL Conference 2025 to be held in Hong Kong this August.

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Daraz Bangladesh launches 5.5 Best Price

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Daraz Bangladesh, the country’s most popular online marketplace, has officially rolled out its highly anticipated 5.5 Best Price, Best Deals campaign, running from May 5 to May 9. Packed with up to 80% off in Flash Sales, Free Delivery, and voucher discounts, this five-day sale promises a rewarding shopping spree for customers across the country.Shoppers can explore jaw-dropping offers refreshed daily on the Daraz app, featuring top-tier partner brands like Dettol, Oraimo, Haier, Parachute Advansed, and Neocare. From electronics to everyday essentials, the Flash Sale section will showcase limited-time bargains that offer unbeatable value for money.Customers can enjoy Free Delivery on eligible products from selected sellers, applicable on a minimum purchase of BDT 799. They can unlo...

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National Bank Inaugurates ‘Basic Course for Cash Officers’

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A five-day long course titled ‘Basic Course for Cash Officers’ (34th Batch) of National Bank Limited was inaugurated on May 4, 2025, at the Bank’s Training Institute. A total of 27 Officers from various branches of the Bank are participating in this training course. Mr. Sheikh Akhter Uddin Ahmed, Managing Director (Current Charge) of National Bank, formally inaugurated the course as the chief guest. Mr. Shah Syed Rafiul Bari, Principal of NBTI, was also present at the inauguration ceremony.

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DHS Motors brings Chinese ‘GAC’ brand cars to the domestic market

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DHS Motors Limited added another international brand into its portfolio through the premiere of Chinese brand GAC. GAC is the fifth largest auto manufacturer from China. In addition to their own vehicles, GAC is also the joint venture partners of Honda and Toyota in China.On Thursday morning, the renowned brand was revealed at the Dhaka Motor Show at ICCB. In attendance were DHS Motors officials Imran Zaman Khan, CEO, and General Managers Arman Rashid and Farhan Samad. Also in attendance were GAC Country Managers Daniel Zhou and Raymon Wang.The models offered by GAC in Bangladesh are the GAC EMKOO, a compact SUV, the GAC EMZOOM, a smaller and sporty SUV, and the GAC E9, a luxurious MPV.This premiere further highlight DHS' commitment to strengthening the automobile industry i...

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BRAC Bank Branch Network makes record Tk 5,000 crore deposit growth in Q1, 2025

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BRAC Bank's Branch Network achieved a net deposit growth of Tk 5,000 crore taka during the first quarter of 2025, underscoring the sustained growth in deposit acquisition.This milestone builds on a consistent upward trend in deposit growth by the BRAC Bank distribution network over the past three years, as the branches continue to redefine benchmarks.The bank organized a celebration programme on April 22, 2025, where Selim R. F. Hussain, Managing Director & CEO, and Sheikh Mohammad Ashfaque, Deputy Managing Director & Head of Branch Distribution Network, joined the leaders of Branch Network in celebrating the deposit milestone. A. K. M. Tareq, Senior Zonal Head for North, and Taher Hasan Al Mamun, Senior Zonal Head for South, along with Regional Heads, Cluster Heads, and Br...

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Robi Launches Roaming Pack Purchase using local balance Ahead of Hajj

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Robi has launched a new feature allowing customers to purchase roaming packs in Bangladeshi taka using main account balance or through direct recharge. The service allows respected Hajj pilgrims to travel to Saudi Arabia hassle free using their own Robi connection, ensuring pilgrims to stay connected with their loved ones during this sacred journey.Although the packs can be purchased in advance, validity begins only once the customer reaches Saudi Arabia—eliminating the hassle of finding recharge points or dealing with language barriers abroad.The newly introduced Robi Hajj Roaming offer includes a variety of affordable data, combo, and voice packs tailored for pilgrims: Data Pack: 500MB for 1 day at Tk. 146; Combo Pack (7 Days): 4GB data, 30 minutes of talk time, and 10 SMS for Tk...

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ZatiqCapital launched to bring investment benefits to entrepreneurs

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Zatiq Limited has unveiled a new horizon for digital entrepreneurs in Bangladesh. The company has launched a new investment service, ZatiqCapital, to benefit the small and medium enterprises (SMEs). This investment service with interest-free, deadline-free, revenue-sharing model offering will be provided to the merchants using the ZatiqEasy platform. The main objective of ZatiqCapital is to ensure that the digital entrepreneurs on the ZatiqEasy platform can easily avail for investment as per their sales performance and operations, can expand their business, and can earn more profit at the same time. In this way, entrepreneurs can avail for investment starting from Tk. 10,000 up to Tk. 1,000,000 as per their business performance. The repayment of this interest-free and deadline-free invest...