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Nobo Jatra improves living conditions of 8.5 lakh people
The project has been implemented in four upazilas of Khulna and Satkhira. Implementation of the Nobo Jatra project has played a role in improving the living standards of around 8.5 lakh people from four upazilas in Khulna and Satkhira. The Tk710.12 crore project is...
Meet Pritom Kundu, the Bangladeshi programming genius out to conquer the coding arena
The 23-year-old undergraduate student from Buet has been titled an ‘international grandmaster’ due to his consistent brilliance in solving algorithmic problems. Programming is not everyone's cup of tea, and often we assume it is an unconquerable battle for ordinary...
An RMG sector giant is looking to turn Bangladesh into the next chip-making hub
Industry insiders estimate that Bangladesh’s budding chip-design industry currently earns up to $5 million annually while neighbouring India is earning around $60 billion. TBS sits down with the country’s leading chip-design company to find out what’s holding...
Life of a rare entrepreneur on web
Transcom Group's late chairman Latifur Rahman is a symbol of ethical business in the business arena of Bangladesh. Everyone recalls Latifur Rahman a man of principles and an entrepreneur of ethics. The website (www.latifurrahman.com) is an archive about the life,...
Pran RFL’s successful apparel venture
Top local conglomerate Pran-RFL Group, after grabbing sizable shares in various sectors, is now keen to put its global footprint in the apparel industry, by strengthening its apparel wing, Chorka Textile Limited. Visiting their factory at Danga area of Palash in...
Sitting at her US home, Rafa is transforming the lives of children in Bangladeshi orphanages
The pandemic helped to materialise this remote service for underprivileged children, and Fera Foundation’s unique teaching methods helped to keep students in class There were 20 children, sitting in a classroom, waiting for their teacher. They all smiled happily as...
Ayat Education: An organisation addressing the skills gap of our workers
A way to solve the “low-skilled” Bangladeshi migrant problem is with more training organisations, say experts. This is how Ayat is becoming part of the solution. Anjana (not her real name) had taken the toughest decision of her life – abandoned her three-year-old son...
Meet the man who introduced Bangladesh to the world through his stamps
Fifty years ago, Biman Chand Mullick was assigned with designing the first Bangladesh stamp series. He not only delivered, but continued to live an active life of an artist and activist for five decades 1963, Spain. Long before Satyajit Ray made 'Agantuk,' a young man...
How Truck Lagbe Has Built a Distinct Culture Around Empathy, Empowering People, and Humane Values
“If you invest in your people, they will grow and if you care for your people, they will care for you and will walk with you and walk for you,” says Maksud Alam Rifat, Director of HR and Culture at Truck Lagbe. Based on that axiom and understanding, digital trucking...