Bangladesh is going digital. Not in smart watches, sensor-based clothing or electronic health records, but in money. Mobile money. Money, that according to BRAC and the Gates Foundation could improve the economic and health outcomes of the country, especially of women and children. With a healthy appreciation of the complexities in scaling digitally, faith in innovation at the grassroots level and years of planning, these organizations just might make mobile money the future of finance.
Throughout the country, like all countries in the world, there are citizens that are “unbanked,” meaning that they do not possess a bank account and cannot share funds person-to-person, even within families, without cash. For these people, a significant portion of Bangladesh’s population (estimated 70...
Bangladesh candidate Captain Moin Uddin Ahmed has been elected the next Director- General of International Mobile Satellite Organisation (IMSO) on Thursday in London, the Bangladeshi embassy said in a statement yesterday.
IMSO is an inter-governmental organisation with 99 member states whose main purpose is the oversight of public satellite safety and security communication services provided by mobile satellite communication systems.
This is the sixth election Bangladesh has contested and won in the past six months. The other elections were for Chair of...
Huntkey Enterprise Group, a global professional power supply provider, today announced it has started a cooperation with Global Brand Pvt.Ltd., to explore the mainstream markets in Bangladesh.
With more than 8,000 technical employees, and its own center lab covering 2,000 square meters, Huntkey Product Line currently leads innovation in the household power supply industry. Adhering to the business philosophy of "Creating/passing/pursuing/realizing values", Huntkey continues to invest in switching power supplies, power strips and consumer...
Samsung has introduced more attractive rates with the aim to cater more exclusively to the smartphone lovers. Customers can now enjoy new attractive prices for Samsung Galaxy Grand 2, Galaxy Grand Neo and Galaxy Star Pro.
The usage of smartphones in Bangladesh has increased many folds as the need for telecommunication increases. Keeping the consumer’s interest in mind, Samsung has introduced newly set price for Galaxy Grand Neo at BDT 18,900 (previously at BDT 21,900) and Galaxy Star Pro at BDT 6,500 (previously at 7,500). The vastly popular hands...
An attempt to break the world's record for the 'largest selfie' picture was held today in Bangladesh, using Microsoft's Lumia 730 with Windows Phone 8.1 and its 5 megapixel wide angle front camera.
The actual picture was posted on the Microsoft Lumia Bangladesh Facebook page, which reports that it used the Lumia 730's front facing camera to take a picture of 1,151 people in an attempt to break the world's record of a selfie with the "most number of people with recognizable faces."
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Southeast Asia’s ecommerce scene was rocked yesterday when Naspers, Schibsted Media Group, Telenor Group, and Singapore Press holdings (SPH) put an end to their rivalry, and decided to join forces instead. There are four Asian countries affected by this change: Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, and Bangladesh.
Brad Porteus, OLX CEO of Southeast Asia, explains to Tech in Asia how OLX’s operations will change in those four countries. These changes will start to happen after they receive approval from the European Commission and complete the transaction, which the team hopes to finalize by January 2015. Until then, business are run as usual for all parties.
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