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Digital Lifestyle dawns on Barisal Youth

With the growing use of internet in the country, people up and down the country are increasingly using internet as a tool to step into the world of digital lifestyle. While it is welcome news for the ongoing digitalization, it has been observed that due to lack of awareness on the proper and effective use of internet, many of us are failing to capitalize on its full potential. Leading mobile phone operator has come forward to address this missing link by undertaking a Corporate Responsibility (CR) titled Internet4U. Recently a couple of sessions under this

BBIN will be game changer: Foreign Minister

Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali on Tuesday said that the newly formed Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-Nepal (BBIN) sub-regional coordinative architecture will be a game changer for the South Asian region. Speaking at the inauguration of the three-day Raisina Dialogue here, a global conclave on geo-politics and geo-economics, Ali said that Bangladesh, because of its geo-strategic location, was indispensable when it came to a south Asian connectivity architecture. nmn1“In this connection, the BBIN will be a game changer,” he sai...

BD-US trade rises 8.5pc to $ 7b in 2015 – embassy

Trade between Bangladesh and the United States rose 8.5 percent to almost $7 billion in 2015, a U.S. embassy official said on Tuesday. Exports from Bangladesh accounted for $6 billion of the total, and 90 percent of that was clothing, said Andrea Brouillette-Rodriguez, counselor at the embassy, told a news conference ahead of a trade show beginning on Thursday. She said the United States accounted for a US-bdquarter of all Bangladesh's exports. U.S. investment in Bangladesh rose to about $2 billion in 2015 from $1.5 billion the y...

Amartya Sen at Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies

Amartya Sen, a Nobel Prize-winning economist widely known for his work on income inequality and the roles of famine, poverty and freedom in developing countries around the world, will be the guest speaker at an event hosted by the University of California, Berkeley’s Subir and Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies. amartya_sen_750WHEN: 4-6 p.m., Sunday, March 13. WHERE: The sanctuary of the First Presbyterian Church, 2407 Dana St., Berkeley. BACKGROUND: Sen was awarded the Nobel Prize ...

Bank Asia scholarship program in Tongi

As a part of its corporate social responsibility, Bank Asia has provided higher studies scholarship to 10 insolvent meritorious students of Savar in Dhaka and Tongi, Konabari and Hemayetpur Upazila of Gazipur district on Saturday (26 March, 2016). Mrs. Humaira Azam, Deputy Managing Director of the Bank handed over the scholarship Scholarship-Tongi-2016money to the students at a function held in Tongi. Mr. Sazzad Hossain, Senior Executive Vice President of the Bank, Mr. Omar Hayat, Head of Savar ...

2nd Crimson Cup Coffee House opens in city

Columbus, Ohio coffee roaster Crimson Cup Coffee & Tea has opened a second international coffee shop in Dhaka, Bangladesh, less than a year after its first shop opened in Dhaka’s Banani neighborhood. The new Crimson Cup Coffee House is located at House #275/d, Road 27, in the Dhanmondi neighborhood. “We’re excited to open the second Crimson Cup Coffee House in Dhaka,” said Founder and President Greg Ubert. “The managing directors, managing partners and investors have created an inviting space for Dhanmondi residents to enjoy handcrafted espressos, café mochas, lattes and other handcrafted coffee drinks.” Crimson Cup Bangladesh is a joint project of Managing Directors Mohaimin Mostafa and
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