The British Council announced the expansion of its IELTS Test Exam Centre Venue at Enhance English in Dhanmondi 27, Dhaka on 21st November, 2022.

North South University (NSU) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Laurentian University, Canada to operate a series of programmes for the benefit of students.

Partnering with Sundora Beauty as its travel partner, ShareTrip, the country’s leading Online Travel Agency (OTA), recently joined Sundora Black Friday sale, offering up to 77 percent discount, exclusive gifts, incredible vouchers, and more.

Pepsi announced the launch of a new international campaign “Thirsty for more” in Bangladesh, with the release of an exciting film for their upcoming football film ‘Nutmeg Royale’ starring global football icons Leo Messi, Ronaldinho and Paul Pogba. The new creative campaign celebrates an everlasting thirst for fun, exciting and unexpected outcomes.

Berger Paints Bangladesh Limited (BPBL), the country’s leading paint solutions company, has recently launched its new product ‘Mr. Expert Damp Guard’ under the waterproofing category to protect the home against any kind of damage caused by damp & efflorescence.   

‘Team Break the Code’, comprising students of computer science and engineering, environmental science, and business of Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB), has won two prestigious awards in the International Blockchain Olympiad 2022. The team won Silver in the SDG11 category Sustainable cities and communities, and the Award of Distinction. The final round was held online from October 24-27, 2022.

More than 10M viewers watched the thrilling World Cup match between Argentina vs Saudi Arabia.

Jarvis is celebrating its 8-year anniversary in marketing sector. Starting as a digital agency back in 2014 with just six people, currently, it has transformed into an integrated marketing agency with 50 employees, said a press release.

“Football is one of the biggest and most exciting sports in many parts of the world, including Bangladesh. With the FIFA World Cup 2022™ around the corner, the thrill of watching our favourite teams’ battle it out for the Cup brings immense excitement to me, like to all football fans around the nation.’’ said the Captain of the Bangladesh national football team Jamal Bhuyan  on a recent occasion arranged in the capital by Visa; the official payment services partner of FIFA 2022. The occasion was arranged to announce the winners of its FIFA World Cup 2022™ campaign, who got the chance to watch the Qatar finals of the FIFA World Cup 2022™ live. However, the Mega prize winner was Mangal Chandra Halder from Barisal. 10 more winners were also handed over exclusive shopping vouchers from leading merchants.

Through a new campaign "Amrao Porte Chai" - Baap ka Beta is trying to provide about 1 year of study equipment for about 2000 underprivileged children and also to connect the most neglected and underprivileged children of society with the children of the different upper class and capable families of the society to reduce discrimination and inequalities a little bit. However, through these initiatives, both parties can learn the harsh realities of our society.

North South University (NSU) and Japan’s University of Miyazaki jointly organised the inauguration ceremony of Bangladesh-Japan ICT Engineer’s Training Program (B-JET) Center yesterday at NSU’s premises.

Marking the 13th anniversary of the British American Resource Center, a 5-kilometre mini-marathon race for the students was arranged. Around 80 participants attended this event. Mohammad Zubaer Mollah became the champion and Arifur Rahman became the 1st Runner-up.

Popular online food and grocery delivery platform foodpanda added a new feature in their app “tip your rider” so that consumers can pay tip online.   

A three-day 15th general conference of Association of the Universities of Asia and the Pacific (AUAP) was held in Dhaka.

North South University (NSU) and Grameenphone have jointly organised the inauguration of a programme on “GP Academy: Campus TownHall”.

British Charity called Transform Trade (legally known as Traidcraft Exchange) inaugurated their first women-run community store called ‘Shodaipati’ at Bakoshpul Bazar of Manirampur Upazilla in Jashore District, Bangladesh on 10 November 2022.  This is the first of 100 targeted rural community stores which will be run and managed collaboratively by rural female entrepreneurs in the northern, southern and central regions of Bangladesh. Around 500+ people attended the event as guests which included local influential, FMCG distributors, public officials, community members etc.

Dan Cake today announced the launching of its new product line under the category name “Breakfast Solutions” for Bangladeshi consumers in a press meet held at Pan Pacific Sonargaon hotel on November 12, 2022. Mr Firoz Ahmed, Chief Operating Officer of Dan Foods Ltd unveiled the 3 products “Milk Bread, Tortilla Ruti and Croissant” in front of the present journalists.

Canadian University of Bangladesh is offering a 50% discount at its Admission Fair, which started on 13th November and will end on 19th November. Vice-Chancellor of Canadian University of Bangladesh, Professor Dr HM Zahirul Haque inaugurated the fair.

Metlife Bangladesh and North South University (NSU) will operate a series of programmes under a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the benefit of the university’s researchers and students.

Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) has launched the Sasheen Center for Multilingual Excellence (SCMLE) and the Center for Endangered Languages (CEL). Mr K M Khalid, MP, State Minister for Cultural Affairs, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, inaugurated the two centres as the Chief Guest during a program held at the IUB campus in the capital’s Bashundhara R/A on Tuesday, November 15, 2022.