Alif Group Chairman gets CIP status

Md. Azizul Islam, Chairman of Alif Group, and former Chairman of Eastern University, has received CIP card this year. Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi handed over the CIP card to Azizul Islam at a city hotel on Thursday. It is the 28th times CIP achievement of the industrialist. He has been involved with

Grameen UNIQLO distributes warm clothes, blankets to poor people

Grameen UNIQLO, a social business organization, has distributed winter clothes, blankets among 1,300 poor and destitute people in Dhaka and Panchagarh. Blankets were distributed among 600 people in Panchagarh district, the northernmost and coldest region of the country. Meanwhile, winter clothes such as flannel shirts, blankets, sweaters, cardigans, pants and various winter

Youths showing the way in smart farming with apps

Agri-Science Society is a volunteer organization working for developing apps to aid digitalization in the agriculture marketing and farming sector of Bangladesh. Sheikh Shoaibur Rahman, a student of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, founded the Agri-Science Society in 2019 with a dream of modernizing the traditional farming to enhance food production without destroying

Covid: 10 more districts designated red zones

After designating Dhaka and Rangamati as 'red-zones', health authorities on Wednesday marked 10 more districts in the 'high-level risk' category in the wake of a rise in Covid infections there. Besides, 32 districts have been designated as 'yellow zones' (at mid-level risk) and 16 as 'green zones', officials said. The decision

No one can ignore Bangladesh now: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said nobody can ignore Bangladesh anymore as the image of the country has brightened for its successes in its socio-economic development, promoting global peace and tackling domestic terrorism and militancy. "Once there were so many negative words against Bangladesh abroad.Still, some people are there who

BNP shrugs off allegation of hiring lobbyists

BNP on Wednesday termed 'baseless' and 'fabricated' the government's allegation of recruiting lobbyists abroad to campaign against Bangladesh. Launching a counter attack, the party said it is the Awami League government that has been engaging lobbyists for the last 14 years to cover up its misdeeds. "This's a baseless and fabricated allegation.

Walton, BUET to work jointly on research and innovation

Country’s super brand as well as electronics giant Walton and Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) signed two memorandum of understanding (MoU) to conduct joint research and innovation works in the electronics and hi-tech products manufacturing sector. In this regard, Walton Digi-Tech Industries Limited and BUET signed a MoU while

Square brings smart glucometer to market “Contour Plus ONE’’

Square Pharmaceuticals Ltd., the country's leading pharmaceutical company, has come up with a state-of-the-art smart glucometer called "Contour Plus ONE" from the Swiss based company Ascensia Diabetes Care to diagnose blood glucose levels more easily and accurately.  Ascensia Diabetes Care is a subsidiary of the world-renowned Panasonic Healthcare Holdings. Jayant Saha (Business