A group of volunteers of Bidyanondo Foundation took up an initiative to reduce plastic pollution on the island of St Martins on December 12. Under the project, a "Plastic Exchange Store" has been set up in the island in collaboration with the district administration.

Bangladesh Lifetime Achievement Award by Balipara Foundation has recently been conferred on Golam Mainuddin, the Chairman of BAT Bangladesh.

Akij Ceramics inaugurated an exclusive business associate showroom “Mohammodia Enterprise” and a partner retailer showroom “M/s. Safa Ceramic Gallery” on Thursday. These outlets are located at Chashara, Narayanganj and Golachipa, Narayanganj respectively.

On December 12, the Embassy of Japan and Youth Opportunities jointly organised the prize-giving ceremony of the 50 years of Japan-Bangladesh Friendship Quiz Competition in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Bangladesh.

In the conference titled, ‘Unlocking profitable growth in challenging times’, Kantar, the world’s leading analytics and insights company, featured insights and expertise through sessions that included key trends impacting the overall business landscape and their implications, the role of brand building and rise of local brands and tapping the rural market growth.

A seminar on "Legal Profession: Challenges and the Art of Advocacy" was organised by the Department of Law of North South University on the campus on December 9, said a press release.

SOLshare, a Bangladeshi climate-tech company, and Bestseller, a global, family-owned fashion company, have joined forces to establish the Energy Service Company (ESCO), Greener Garments Initiative Ltd. with an objective to build, own and operate up to 10 MW of solar rooftop projects across several Bestseller’s suppliers in Bangladesh.

Mindshare Bangladesh won in two categories in the ‘Campaign’s Agency of the Year awards 2022’— Silver in ‘Rest of South Asia Digital Agency of the Year’ and Gold in ‘Rest of South Asia Media Agency of the Year’.

Disability Alliance on SDGs Bangladesh and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have urged the government of Bangladesh to effective implementation of the Persons with Disabilities Rights and Protection Act and the National Action Plan on Disability to ensure people with disabilities can have equal rights. UNDP and Disability Alliance—a network of 27 national and international organisations working for promoting disability rights in Bangladesh—have made this appeal to the government in a national seminar titled “Transformative solutions for inclusive development: the role of innovation in fueling an accessible and equitable world” organised on December 04, 2022 at the Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC) in Dhaka. Zuena Aziz, Principal Coordinator (SDG Affairs) at the Prime Minister’s Office of Bangladesh, attended the Seminar as the chief guest whereas Md. Kawser Ahmed, Member (Secretary), General Economics Division of the Planning Commission of Bangladesh presiding over.

Daraz Bangladesh is going to exclusively Livestream the upcoming Bangladesh Premier League (BPL’23) matches. Daraz in partnership with BCB and CEMS Global and WST consortium has proclaimed the exclusive live streaming rights of BPL T20 (9th Season). Interested viewers can enjoy the BPL match on Daraz’s official mobile application for.

The winners of the Daraz Presents Smartphone Photography Competition Bangladesh@50” were announced today.

The members of Impact Foundation Bangladesh Board of Trustees have unanimously elected Enam Ahmed Chaudhury as the new chairman of the Impact Foundation Bangladesh (IFB).

Hyundai all-new Creta 2023 SUV is now available in the Bangladesh market. Fair Technology Limited Director and CEO Mr Mutassim Daiaan unveiled this highly attractive SUV at a Media Meet at Hyundai 3S Center, Tejgaon Thursday afternoon.

Uttoron- Skills for better life project funded by Chevron and implemented by Swisscontact completed its six years journey. On November 30th, in presence of all the stakeholders, the closing ceremony was organised in Dhaka.

As the principal sponsor of Ceramic Expo, Akij Ceramics has been patronizing the event for three years.

“One of the main objectives of higher education is to contribute to the national economy by producing skilled and qualified human resources who are employable and can gainfully be hired by the corporate and development sectors. ICT ministry is launching a project to train 20,000 youths within 2025, and government as a whole has just launched a concerted plan for skilling one million youths to lead be at the forefront to make Bangladesh a developed nation by 2041,” said ICT Minister of State, Zunaid Ahmed Palak at the inauguration of Job Utsob in Daffodil International University (DIU), at Ashulia, Savar. Minister Palak outlined how School of Future project with schools of the nation is bringing in basic fourth industrial revolution technologies at the school level. He called upon the university to develop an innovative project to utilize these schools of future to train the teenagers in schools better in futuristic skills.

Asiatic Marketing Communications Ltd (Asiatic MCL), one of the oldest and largest Dhaka based creative agencies has become part of the international independent agency network, by The Network.

United Lube Oil Ltd, a sister concern of United Group, the sole distributor and manufacturing partner of PETRONAS Lubricants International (PLI), held the PETRONAS Lubricants Partners’ Meet, 2022 with their trade partners at Hotel Radisson Blu, Dhaka. Her Excellency Haznah Md Hashim, High Commissioner of Malaysia to the People’s Republic of Bangladesh attended the event as Chief Guest.

As elsewhere in the world, the Embassy of the Sultanate of Oman in Dhaka arranged a Reception marking its 52nd National Day at Sheraton Dhaka on Wednesday 23 November hosted by Omani envoy to Bangladesh Abdul Ghaffar Al Bulushi.  The occasion was attended by Minister for Expatriate’s Welfare and Overseas Employment of Bangladesh Government as a Chief Guest and a large number of foreign diplomats, representatives of International organizations resident in Dhaka and other government officials as well as Bangladesh business leaders and entrepreneurs. 

Pop of Color Limited, established in 2014 working intensively with the goal of the socio-economic development of women and making them self-reliant has organised an event on 25th November at Hotel Radisson Blu Dhaka Water Garden in Grand Ballroom.