Workplace safety is a responsibility shared by both the employers and employees.

The Bossman

Organisations have come a long way today in ensuring congenial workplaces for women. However, there’s still a lot of gaps that need filling. With a goal to learn and advance by leveraging competencies, 7 organisations (Unilever, Grameenphone, BAT, Nestle, Robi, SCB and HSBC) have formed a cross-industry council and started an initiative called “Inspirit”. We sat with three representatives to explore the inspirations that paved the way for the initiative.

Workspaces are often designed with functionality as the primary objective; gender considerations are yet to be integrated into office design for a large number of organisations in Bangladesh. What follows is a set of extremely simple things that organisations can do to make the office a safe, women-friendly place.

More and more companies are seeing the increase of women in the workforce. Women are rising to the top levels of companies. An increasing number of companies are seeing the value of having more women in leadership roles, and they’re proving that they can make progress on gender diversity. This is an important step in the right direction.

Augmedix, a US-based startup with a massive operation in Dhaka, has raised a foreign investment of 19 million US dollars as Series B of venture capital funding.

International Hope School Bangladesh organised a special fest titled 'STEM Fest' last Saturday where students from Grade 6 to 12 showcased different innovative projects.

It’s rare to come across a photo editing app that cuts above the rest and delivers a unique experience. PhotoPills is just that – an expansive toolbox full of tricks and features which can let you create some jaw dropping pictures.

Tech bites

Black Friday is an event that occurs in The United States on the first Friday after Thanksgiving. The origin of the name itself has conflicting roots, some saying that it dates back to the Fisk-Gould scandal of 1869, when the price of gold skyrocketed.

Dell’s new XPS 13 was the first laptop to feature Intel’s latest 10th generation processors. The laptop is amazingly thin, made out of exotic materials such as precision milled aluminium and carbon fibre, making it very light and comfortable in tablet form.

Aziz Ahmad, co-founder of CodersTrust, recently spoke on a digital union in Brussels hosted by the European Parliament. Ahmed along with Dragos Tudorache, Member of European Parliament (MEP), Andrus Ansip, Member of the European Parliament (former Prime Minister of Estonia), Dacian Ciolos, President of Renew Europe (Former Prime Minister of Romania), Stephane Sejourne, MEP, Fr. Augusto Zampini, Vatican City among other guests were present on this occasion and delivered their remarks.

Making a Difference

Each human being, as adventurous as they are, is tweaked in different ways and responds differently.

In your diverse career, what are your biggest achievements and setbacks?

Google’s integration with Waze, a GPS navigation software owned by Google into Maps gave Google Maps its most important feature – traffic updates.

TECH BITS

The successor to the successful V15 Pro pulls out all the stops in the camera department, quietly making a category for itself in the smartphone game. Unlike the OnePlus 7 or K20 Pro, which are approximately BDT 10,000/- more than the V17 Pro, vivo’s answer to this corner of the market is similar to how Google approached the flagship game – killer cameras.

Making a Difference

In a professional setting, it’s very important to correct others in a proper manner so that you don’t come across as a rude co-worker or a condescending know-it-all.