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BSOA demanded speedy passage of the revised draft of the Tobacco Control Act 2005

Recently the Ministry of Health has prepared a draft for further revision of the Tobacco Control Act 2005. The leaders of the Bangladesh Supermarket Owners’ Association (BSOA), the association of one of the top business organizations, have demanded the speedy passage of this draft TC law amendment. Speakers made this demand at a joint discussion meeting of Bangladesh Supermarket Owners’ Association with Dhaka Ahsania Mission on September 04, 2022, at 5 pm at Mohakhali, Dhaka. Bangladesh Supermarket Owners Association's Chief Advisor and Founder President Niaz Rahim presided over the meeting, among others, the general secretary of the organization Zakir Hossain, Lead Policy Advisor of Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Bangladesh and retired Chairman of BCIC (Grade-1) Md. Mostafizur Rahman, Gr...

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BASIS organized a seminar on ‘State of Gaming and Metaverse Industry in Bangladesh’

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BASIS Standing Committee on Games, XR and NFT and the Department of Multimedia and Creative Technology(MCT) of Daffodil International University jointly organized a series of a seminar titled 'State of Gaming and Metaverse Industry of Bangladesh' on Sunday, 4 September 2022 in Daffodil International University International Conference Hall, Ashulia, Dhaka. Mr. Dr. Mohammad Fakhre Hossain, Honorable Dean, Department of Science and Information Technology Daffodil International University's made the opening speech at the seminar. In the seminar, experts shared their knowledge, success stories and case studies on Games, Extended Reality (XR) and Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT) with the audience. Mr. Md. Sanzer Adnan, CEO, Debugs BD Limited and Co-chairman, BASIS Standing Committee on Games, XR and...

Sep12022 by News DeskNo Comments

Bengali daily ‘Noboprokash’ coming soon

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Bengali Daily 'Noboprokash' is set to launch to the market with a new initiative, new enthusiasm, new commitment and new caliber. The new daily Noboprokash will be launched with a completely different plan among the thousands of mass media. The modern daily will have an online version. Its Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages have already been created as well as YouTube channel. Shahidur Rahman Shahid, the editor and publisher of the newspaper, said, "I have started working with a new challenge. The newspaper will soon debut in a new form." Noboprokash will play a leading role in publishing news that is well for the state and society, he said, adding that along with this, Noboprokash will strengthen its position to the people of the country through objective news. "Hopefully w...

Aug282022 by News DeskNo Comments

‘Steps will be taken to eliminate cigarettes from list of essential products’: Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi

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Cigarettes are included as an essential commodity in the Essential Commodities Act of our country. It is quite surprising how cigarettes are on this list despite being a harmful product. I will try my best to eliminate cigarettes from this list said Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi, MP. The minister said this in the speech of the chief guest at a discussion program organized by the Dhaka Ahsania Mission at CIRDAP Auditorium in the capital on Sunday, August 28, 2022, at 11:00 am. He also said, 'I am ready to work 100% to make the country tobacco-free by 2040. Because this is the declaration by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Therefore, it is possible to build a tobacco-free Bangladesh through the implementation of a strong tobacco control law. I applaud and support the initiative taken by the ...

Aug262022 by News DeskNo Comments

Banks urged to make banking open to drive financial inclusion

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A roundtable dialogue on API and Open Banking: Way for New Service Innovation for Banks and Fintech companies was Organized by the BASIS Standing Committee on Fintech, the roundtable was held on 24th August 2022 at Lakeshore Hotel Gulshan. High officials of 20 leading commercial banks and over 30 fintech entrepreneurs attended the roundtable. Bangladesh Bank Executive Director Md. Khurshid Alam chaired the roundtable. Selim Hossain, Chairman of the Association of Bankers (ABB) was the Special Guest. In Lakeshore Hotel Gulshan moderated by Fahim Mashroor, Chairman of BASIS Committee on Fintech and CEO of Bdjobs.com in collaboration with BASIS. Discussants make suggestions for introducing API-based Open banking so that more people can be brought under banking services. Open and API bankin...

Aug242022 by News DeskNo Comments

Aviation Challenge Bangladesh is going to be held with children for the first time in the Country

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Children will make their planes, learn the flying mechanism, and know the answers to many unknown questions of science. Bangladesh Innovation Forum and Space Innovation Camp are going to organize “Aviation Challenge Bangladesh” where children will construct their planes to promote scientific education among young people and inspire them to pursue enjoyable science projects that advance science and technology. By flying it, they will learn about the various aeronautical parts, the history of the plane, and how the plane flies. Through this program, they will learn about how a plane's engine works as well as how a plane can fly in the sky by doing various mathematical calculations. About 100 students aged 4 to 12 years from all over Bangladesh will participate in the workshop to be hel...

Aug242022 by News DeskNo Comments

The land minister has directed to gradually cease the manual Dakhila

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Lands Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury has directed to take the initiative to completely ceasing the manual Dakhila (receipt) in land development tax system across the country. He instructed the concerned officers to take measures to bring applicable amendments in the land development tax system rules and regulations for this. Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury instructed this to concerned officials while presiding over the progress review (monthly) meeting of the annual development program for the financial year 2022-23 in the conference room of the Ministry of Land today. The Land Minister also hoped that the Digital Dalhila system could be put into action by completely stopping manual Dakhila in the land development tax system across the country by January next year (2023). Apar...

Aug212022 by News DeskNo Comments

UCEP Bangladesh observes National Mourning Day

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Recently UCEP Bangladesh observed, the “National Mourning Day” and 47th Martyrdom anniversary of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, with due reverence and solemnity. The program was presided over by the UCEP Bangladesh Executive Director, Md. Abdul Karim, Ph.D. Other high officials and Staff of UCEP Bangladesh were also present. In his speech, Mr. Md. Abdul Karim, Ph.D. recalled the sacrifice of the father of the nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. At the end of the discussion, Doa Mahfil was offered for the souls of all the martyred members of Bangabandhu and their families.

Aug192022 by News DeskNo Comments

Training and Awareness Programme on Sustainable Financing

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GIZ Bangladesh organised a Sustainable finance training programme for 30 bankers of Sylhet, so they support the mobilization of climate and environment-friendly investment from the private sector. The training titled "Sustainable Finance for Sustainability: Challenges and Opportunities" was jointly arranged by Sustainable Finance Department (SFD), Bangladesh Bank and GIZ BD at Rose View Hotel, Sylhet. The Improved Coordination of International Climate Finance (ICICF) project, implemented by GIZ Bangladesh, on behalf of the German Federal Government, is partnering with SFD to organise a series of training on sustainable finance in five out of eight divisions of Bangladesh. An awareness-raising event was also held for more than 50 business leaders and entrepreneurs of Sylhet, who are inter...

Aug182022 by News DeskNo Comments

Wasfia Nazreen returns to Bangladesh after creating history

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Wasfia Nazreen, the first Bangladeshi to have summited the notorious K2 – the world’s second highest and most dangerous mountain – has just landed in her motherland. A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight departing from Kathmandu, Nepal, has carried the 39-year-old mountaineer home today, on August 17, 2022. She became one of the 40 women or so in history since 1954 to have scaled the most dangerous mountain on the planet. This expedition was solely sponsored by Renata Limited. Shortly after her arrival, a press briefing was held at the Sheraton Dhaka, where Wasfia shared enthralling snippets of her two-month-long expedition to the Karakoram. This is the first time Pakistani authorities have granted a mountaineering and trekking permit to any Bangladeshi. “I had initiated the Seven Summits c...