Get women in unions to improve worker rights
Former child laborer Nazma Akter knew she would dedicate her life to improving workers’ rights when she joined her first protest outside a garment factory in Bangladesh when still a teenager several decades ago.
From the age of 11, Akter worked 14-hour days alongside her mother on the factory floor where she says unpaid wages and verbal and physical abuse were common.
After taking part in the protest in the capital Dhaka, she was beaten by police, fired from her job and blacklisted.
But now Akter, 43, campaigns to defend workers’ rights as head of Sommilito Garments Sramik 
Banglalink, WE launch 3 smartphones
Banglalink, one of the leading digital communication service providers of Bangladesh has brought exciting Data bonus with WE smartphones. The smartphones WE A1, WE L2 and WE V2 were launched on today at Banglalink Headquarters Tiger’s Den in Gulshan. Present at the launching ceremony were Taimur Rahman, Chief Corporate & Regulatory Affairs Officer, Banglalink, Shahriar Ahmed Remon, Head of Device, Banglalink, Shibly Sadiq, Device Senior Manager, Banglalink and Intekhab Mahmud, CEO, Aamra, Ehsan Ul Haque, Head of Business Development, Aamra and Towheed Chowdhury, DGM, Aamra.
The smartphone WE A1 is available at only BDT 3,050. It has 1.0 GHz dual core processor, 4” WVGA screen, Android Lollipop 5.1, 512MB RAM, 4 GB ROM, up to 32GB memory support,
iPhone 6S for winners of Eid selfi contest
The online ticketing platform- bdtickets.com has organized an Eid Selfi contest for its customers. Anyone purchasing bus, launch or movie tickets from bdtickets.com over the Eid ul Azha vacation will be able to take part in this competition. Ten winners of the selfi competition will get iPhone 6S smartphone. Starting from today, the competition will run till 18th September.
The selfi competition involves very engaging activity over the popular social media platform facebook. In order to take part in the selfi contest, the customer needs to first purchase a ticket from bdtickets.com. If someone has bought a bus or launch ticket from the platform then s/he needs to take an interesting selfie of the journey and post it on bdtickets’ facebook page (facebook/bdtickets).
Bagdoom announces Eid Ul Azha offers
This Eid-Ul-Azha, Bagdoom.com, the leading e-commerce platform in Bangladesh is all set to serve their customers with surprises like never before. This Eid, also popularly known as Qurbani Eid, is all about giving, receiving and the happiness that comes out of it. The pattern of shopping for people is a little different from that during other festivals as the main focus of all the households is the animal for sacrifice and the processes following it. Just to save all that hassle, Bagdoom has brought in a whole different line of essential products for customers to sit at home and buy this Eid.
Bangladesh free of graft, terror funding risk: BB
Bangladesh has emerged as a country free of risk of money laundering and terror financing, downing fears that the country might re-enter the list for “slack implementation of laws”.
In current rating, Bangladesh avoided the International Cooperation Review Group (ICRG) and was declared a risk free nation, Bangladesh Bank said in a statement today.
Fears were on after Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG), the global body that ranks countries, acknowledged Bangladesh of having “slack imp...
Fears were on after Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG), the global body that ranks countries, acknowledged Bangladesh of having “slack imp...
Women Chamber holds workshop on natural fiber
Bangladesh Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BWCCI) organized a national level workshop on “Prospects of natural fiber based product and the closing ceremony of the project” today under Bangladesh INSPIRED program funded by the Ministry of Industries, GoB and the European Union at Ivy Rahman Auditorium, Bangladesh Mohila Somity, Dhaka. Mr. Amir Hossain Amu, MP, Honorable Minister, Ministry of Industries, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh graced the occasion as the Chief Guest, while Mr. Mario Ronconi, Minister Counsellor and Head of Cooperation, Delegation of the European Union to Bangladesh was present as the Guest of Honor and Mr. Shushen Chandra Das, Project Director, Bangladesh INSPIRED and Additional Secretary, Ministry of Industries and Mr. Sirajul Islam, Dir...
