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‘Smart City Hackathon’ for solving Dhaka city’s problems

Smart City Hackathon will be held for the first time in Bangladesh this November. Preneur Lab, Grameenphone and White-board are the organizers of the initiative which will held in GP House for 36 straight hours from 11 to 12 November. Smart City Hackathon will be a continuous 36 hours program for coders, designers, innovators overall all sorts of tech professionals. Within this 36 hours the contestant will try to implement their innovative ideas to solve the problems of Dhaka City. smart-city-hackathon<...

Bangladesh mulls buying Chevron’s local assets

Bangladesh is considering buying Chevron Corp's (CVX.N) interest in three natural gas fields in the country, worth an estimated $2 billion, two senior government officials said, as Dhaka looks to secure the supply of a critical source of energy. Chevron, the second-largest U.S.-based oil producer, said in October last year that it plans to sell about $10 billion of assets by 2017 amid a prolonged slump in energy prices. Chevron recently said it is in discussions about the potential sale of three fields it operates in the northeast of Bangladesh.

500 drinking water fountains with public toilets in city

Mohammad Sayeed Khokon, Honorable Mayor, Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) announced that 500 drinking water fountains to be set up in important places of the city along with modern public toilets. He said this while inaugurating two more public toilets in Osmani Uddyan. WaterAid Bangladesh and H&M Foundation in association with Dhaka South City Corporation has launched these public toilets yesterday. Mr. Johan Frisell, Ambassador, Embassy of Sweden and Dr Md Khairul Islam, Country Director, WaterAid Bangladesh were also present in the inauguration ceremony. This visually stunning, female and disabled friendly public toilet at this historically significant location of the city are expected to offer visitors with comfort and convenience. These modern

4th Leathertech Expo from November 3

 A three-day long international exhibition on machinery, components, chemicals & accessories for leather, footwear and leather goods will begin at International Convention City, Bashundara on November 3, 2016 to display the global and local technology. The 4th edition of the exposition styled “Leathertech Bangladesh- 2016” is being organized by ASK Trade & Exhibitions Pvt Ltd at Hall No. 3, 4 and 5 at International Convention City, Bashundara. The fair will remain open from 11:00am to 7:00pm every day for all. Some 250 exhibitors from Bangladesh, China, India, Turkey, Egypt, Sri Lanka, Italy, Singapore, Japan, Germany, UK, Vietnam, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea will showcase machinery for tanning

Robi’s new CEO takes charge

Mahtab Uddin Ahmed will take over the charge of Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Robi Axiata Limited on Tuesday. He will be succeeding Supun Weerasinghe who had served the company since January 2014. Supun will return to Dialog Axiata Plc (Dialog), Sri Lanka’s premier connectivity provider as its Group CEO effective 1 January 2017. The changeover in leadership marks the culmination of the succession programme planned and executed over the past several years centred on the Accelerated Leadership Development Programme of the Axiata Group. Mahtab’s appointment as MD and CEO came as part of Robi’s ongoing efforts towards developing and promoting local Bangladeshi talent. Commenting on Mahtab’s succession, Axiata Group Berhad’s President and Group CEO Tan ...

BIAC, THAC sign MoU

Mr. Mahbubur Rahman, Chairman of Bangladesh International Arbitration Centre (BIAC) and Mr. Pasit Asawawattanaporn, Managing Director of Thailand Arbitration Center (THAC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on behalf of their respective organizations and exchanged the MoU in the office of THAC, Bangkok, Thailand on 31st October 2016. pressThis MoU is intended to explore areas for co-operation in respect of the use of facilities and services of both the centres on alternative dispute resolution (ADR), jointly organizing t...
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