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.

To accelerate concrete policy response and promote zero tolerance to gender-based violence across all spheres of society, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and its partners: Department of Women Affairs, ActionAid Bangladesh, Ain o Salish Kendra, and CARE Bangladesh with support from the Canadian Embassy and Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands have observed the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence campaign through organising an online live event recently titled ‘Preventing and Responding to Gender-Based Violence: Everyone has a Role to Play’.

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.

Four companies of PRAN-RFL Group received highest VAT payer’s award for 2018-2019 fiscal year for paying the highest amount of VAT in production category at district level.

Junior Chamber International (JCI) Dhaka Entrepreneurs, a non-profit international non-governmental organisation, organised its 2021 general assembly (GA) at a city hotel today.

Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI), the apex trade body of the country, launched a technology center called ‘FBCCI Tech C’ that will help to create ‘Impact Tech-Preneur™’ who can build digital ecosystem, solve social problems and experience growth.

Canada’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Benoit Préfontaine, spoke about Canada’s intention to intervene jointly with the Netherlands in The Gambia’s case against Myanmar at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at the 2nd International Conference on “The Rohingya Crisis in Comparative Perspective’ hosted by the Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction in collaboration with Center for Genocide Studies of University of Dhaka today.

Super Fresh Drinking Water and Bangladesh Cancer Aid Trust - BANCAT have signed a MoU yesterday at the MGI Head Office in Gulshan. Under the agreement, Super Fresh Drinking Water will support BANCAT as Sustainability Partner for a year. The Daily Star is the media partner for this partnership.

Green Delta Insurance Company has secured “AAA” credit rating for the seventh consecutive year in 2020 from Credit Rating Agency of Bangladesh (CRAB), according to a press release.

Daffodil International University (DIU) authority has announced DIU as a 100% Covid-19 protection-friendly campus.

MGH Logistics, a Singapore headquartered conglomerate, has appointed Eom Cheolwon (Chris) as its regional managing director for Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand.

MGH Logistics, a Singapore headquartered conglomerate, has appointed Eom Cheolwon (Chris) as its regional managing director for Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand.

Inclusive Fintech 50, a well-reputed group of global organisation driving innovation and investment in financial services for low-income populations, has named Bangladesh Postal Department’s digital financial service Nagad as its top cohort of fintech startups for 2020.

AIUB Institute of Continuing Education organised a webinar on ‘Career Development with Fortinet’ held on October 12, 2020. The virtual event was hosted on zoom and broadcast live on the verified Facebook page of American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB).

Bangladesh’s electronics giant Walton is going to enter the Greece market by dispatching the first consignment of its LED TV export.

Deligram has acquired Shopway, a startup focused on digitising the B2B trade between retailers and distributors across Bangladesh’s multibillion-dollar FMCG industry.

Walton is now one of the biggest local companies with a giant factory with cutting-edge technologies and machineries, Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) Chairman Md Jahurul Haque said.

On the occasion of World Teacher’s Day, Qatar Airways will give away 21,000 complimentary tickets to teachers to thank them for their vital work in educating young people worldwide during the challenges brought by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.