Unilever Bangladesh yesterday provided 100 oxygen concentrators as a donation to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) to come to the aid of Covid-19 patients. 

Sales and profits of LafargeHolcim Bangladesh jumped in the second quarter of 2021 (April to June) thanks to a newly launched business of aggregate and the inclusion of new products in its portfolio.

The High Court has thrown a lifeline to People’s Leasing and Financial Services Ltd (PLFSL) as it constituted a 10-member board to run the troubled non-bank financial institution, thus saving it from potential liquidation.

Leading international energy companies are resisting the temptation to rush and spend an unexpected windfall from rallying oil and natural gas prices as they focus on longer-term energy transition challenges, executives and analysts said.

Arla Foods of Denmark has risen to fifth place from 14th in a Global Nutrition Index-2021 for consistent improvement. 

The Gates Foundation said Melinda French Gates and Bill Gates, in the midst of a high-profile divorce, will continue to work as co-chairs for a two-year trial period and after that time if the arrangement unravels, she would step down.

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd on Wednesday reported a likely 53 per cent jump in second-quarter operating profit, beating market estimates on the back of strong chip prices and demand despite lower smartphone sales. 

The High Court has appointed five independent directors to the much-talked about International Leasing and Financial Services for smoothly running operations as it had incurred a loss of around Tk 3,000 crore.

Mercantile Bank has recently witnessed the appointment of a new chairman to the executive committee of its board of directors.

Samsung Electronics likely saw a 38 per cent surge in profit for the April-June quarter thanks to strong chip prices and demand spurred by a pandemic-led consumer appetite for electronics as well as recovering investment in data centres. 

The Yunus Professional Masters in Social Business and Entrepreneurship at Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand was launched yesterday, March 31, in a global virtual ceremony organised by AIT.

Yesterday, February 21, the Bangladesh Embassy of Turkey in Ankara celebrated International Mother Language Day through various events. Led by the Bangladesh Ambassador to Turkey, Masood Mannan, NDC, the embassy staff and expatriate Bangladeshis hoisted the national flag and laid a wreath at the newly constructed Shaheed Minar at the embassy premises, in the early hours of Ekushey February.

Since March 2020, news about the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic has made many of us feel anxious about going to the emergency of a hospital or getting medical care, and we may have wondered if it is safe to go to the hospital. In the beginning, we found out that nearly 30% of people were avoiding or delaying medical care due to Covid-19 concerns. Emergency departments of some hospitals had about half their usual number of patients.

What can we do when our patients are part of a vulnerable population-- suffering from cancer and battling an outbreak of a new strain of virus which is also affecting Bangladesh?

From now on, people can book an OBHAI G (car), CNG or OBHAI Express on WhatsApp. Save +8801313201222 in your address book as “OBHAI WhatsApp”, type “Hi”, and send-You are on OBHAI WhatsApp! To book a ride, just type the assigned number, press send, and then you are all set for a ride on OBHAI.

IPDC Finance Limited in collaboration with Bangladesh Supply Chain Management Society (BSCMS), have hosted Bangladesh Supply Chain Excellence Awards 2020 through a virtual event on December 29. This year, BSCEA 2020 recognised 15 organisations and individuals under eleven categories for their excellence in supply chain management, with 12 winners and 3 special mentions.

The biggest festival of brands and marketing “BRANDFEST” started today. The first day of BrandFest had discussions and sessions on brands and marketing, its strategy and purpose.

After the huge success of their 11.11 campaign, the country’s leading e-commerce platform Daraz is now launching another shopping-spree opportunity, titled – ‘12.12’.

CodersTrust Bangladesh will train hundreds of thousands of underprivileged and disadvantaged youth under a new collaboration with Innovation Design & Entrepreneurship Academy (IDEA) of ICT Division of the Ministry of Information Technology.

The seventh edition of Digital Summit took place virtually on December 11 and 12 consecutively. The summit was an initiative of Bangladesh Brand Forum which was presented by Meghna Group of Industries, powered by httpool and in association with Evaly and The Daily Star.