The 11th Anniversary of the Global Money Week celebration inaugurated today on March 21st, 2023 in Bangladesh with the theme “Plan Your Money, Plant Your Future” at 71 Milonayoyon of Daffodil Education Network. The program was jointly organized by Daffodil International University and Bangladesh Skill Development Institute along with the partner of First Security Islami   Read More…»

In the upcoming national FY 2023-24 budget, the government must introduce a tier-based specific supplementary duty to raise the prices of cigarettes. Such demand has been voiced by research and advocacy organization PROGGA (Knowledge for Progress) and Anti-Tobacco Media Alliance (ATMA) during a pre-budget press conference on tobacco taxation and prices, held today (18 March   Read More…»

Today (Thursday), Mr. Masatsugu Asakawa, President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), visited the Bangladesh-Korea Technical Training Centre (BK-TTC) in Dhaka to observe training programs organized by the Skills for Employment Investment Program (SEIP). A high-level delegation, including the Director General of the Southeast Asia region of ADB, accompanied the president.During the visit, the delegation   Read More…»

Padma Bank Limited has celebrated this year’s International Women’s Day in line with the women’s day theme ‘DigitALL: Innovation and Technology for Gender Equality’.Padma Bank’s Managing Director and CEO Tarek Reaz Khan was present as the chief guest in the event organized at Gulshan Corporate Head Office in Sunday. He exchanged greetings with women staff   Read More…»

PRAN-RFL Group Chairman Ahsan Khan Chowdhury at Industry-Academia Lecture series organized at Daffodil International University. PRAN-RFL Group Chairman and CEO Ahsan Khan Chowdhury, said that despite facing various limitations and adversities, the private sector entrepreneurs of Bangladesh have been increasing production in the country and creating new employment opportunity for a large number of people   Read More…»

A delegation team of ‘Bangladesh Parliamentary Forum for Health & Wellbeing’ and Shastho Shurokkha Foundation met the Prime Minister’s principal coordinator for SDG affairs Mr. Md Akhter Hossain today. Mr. Md. Akhtar Hossain commended the steps taken by the Honorable Members of Parliament regarding the amendment of the Tobacco Control Law. He said, “Tobacco use   Read More…»

Daffodil International University (DIU) hosted a special day-long event on Sunday (March 05) at the university’s Green Campus at Birulia titled Oitijjer Hat (Traditional Fair), Branding Bangladesh” to inspire students to practice indigenous culture and heritage as well as entrepreneurship; Where the students of the university presented all the traditional and rural culture, food, products   Read More…»

‘Knowledgevale’ started its operation at Banani as a co-working place for young entrepreneurs, students, freelancers and startup companies. The inauguration of the organization was announced recently at 54 Kemal Ataturk Avenue (3rd Floor), Banani, Dhaka. Knowledgevale Director Mr. Akib Arafat Khan inaugurated it.  While inaugurating the ‘Knowledgevale’ Akib Arafat Khan said that Bangladesh is a country of infinite potential. The youth of this country are incredibly   Read More…»

Akter Properties Limited and Padma Bank Limited signed an agreement on Monday, 27 February, at Padma Bank Gulshan Head Office premises in Dhaka. Under the agreement, the customers of Akter Properties would be able to enjoy special interest rates, faster home loan processing and promotional offers from Padma Bank. Padma Bank customers will also get various benefits   Read More…»

Nearly 3000 underprivileged patients receive free treatment and medicines on Tuesday in a free medical camp at Shakhipur in Tangail. Voluntary organisation Kidney Awareness, Monitoring and Prevention Society (KAMPS) organised the free medical camp, in a bid to paying tribute to the language martyred, marking the international mother language day 2023. Being imbued with the spirit of the language day, KAMPS,   Read More…»

To provide funding and mentoring support to early-stage startups for scaling up their businesses, Bangladesh Venture Capital Limited and MRIR Corporation jointly launched a flagship program- Startup Fest 2023 Season One and in association with Global Entrepreneurship Network and Knowledge Vale. Under this collaboration, they organized the Startup Fest 2023 Season One Grand Female with   Read More…»

Provision of designated smoking areas (DSAs) in hotels, restaurants, and trains has been ineffective, rendering non-smokers widely vulnerable to becoming victims of secondhand smoke. A 2022 study conducted on 118 residential hotels and 355 restaurants in Dhaka city, and 53 active passenger trains passing through Dhaka station, has come up with such findings. Among the   Read More…»

In the night of Monday 13 February 2023, three Bangladeshi international students died of a tragic car crash in Toronto. Another student was critically injured. The High Commission and the Bangladesh Consulate in Toronto offer their deep condolences to the families of the deceased students and pray for the salvation of their departed souls and   Read More…»

Padma Bank’s Annual Business Conference 2023 was held in a festive atmosphere with the slogan “Back To Basics”—the challenge of providing banking services to the rural areas of the country. The conference was held on Saturday, February 11 at the Police Convention Center at the capital’s Gulshan.Dr. Chowdhury Nafeez Sarafat, Chairman of Board of Directors   Read More…»

The priority of public health is above everything else. A strong tobacco control law is a must to reduce the death toll caused by tobacco. Mr. Golam Dastagir Gazi Bir Protik MP, the Minister of Textiles and Jute said this on Sunday (12 February) at the Secretariat during a meeting with delegations from PROGGA (Knowledge   Read More…»