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B2B Commerce Platform Mokam Seeks to Strengthen Relationship with Partners
About 98% of the retail market in Bangladesh is concentrated in more than 4.5 million local grocery stores scattered across the country. Having to deal with multiple suppliers, distributors, and wholesalers for sourcing their products, the owners of these stores face...
Shajgoj Raises $2 Million in Seed Funding Led by Sequoia India’s Surge, Content, Commerce and Community Trifecta and Shajgoj’s Flywheel
Shajgoj, Dhaka-based beauty and personal care startup, announced on December 25th that it has raised $2 million in seed funding led by Sequoia Capital India’s Surge and participated by Dhaka-based tech-focused venture capital fund SBK Tech Venture. Shajgoj is one of...
Taalpata: A NASA engineer’s dream to make Tk12,000 laptops caught in bureaucracy’s web
Around four years ago, Hasan Rahman, a retired NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) engineer, came to Bangladesh on vacation when his friend took him to the local schools of Bashbari in Gazipur for a short visit. His presence brought life to the school...
Transforming SME Lending Landscape in Bangladesh
Bangladesh has close to 7.9 million small and medium enterprises. The sector makes up approximately 25 percent of the country's economy. SMEs combinedly generate 40 percent of the overall employment, are responsible for 11% of the industrial establishments, and 40% of...
Group led by Bangladeshi scientist develops edible coating: Fruits, veggies to last longer
Led by a Bangladeshi scientist, a group of researchers at Rice University in Texas developed a way to enhance the shelf life of fruits and vegetables using an entirely edible and washable protein-based coating. The coating, prepared mixing egg white, yolk, cellulose...
Turning a HOBBY into a successful BUSINESS
In the warm of winter morning, two siblings Tashfin and Tanha arrived at their school on Monday in Savar’s Bypile area like any other normal day with their mother. After attending their first-hour classes at GM Model High School, which also runs a primary section, the...
10 Minute School Raises $2m in Seed Funding from Sequoia’s Surge
Dhaka-based ed-tech startup 10 Minute School announced that it has raised $2 million in a seed funding round led by Sequoia Capital’s Surge. This is Sequoia India’s second investment in Bangladesh and first investment in a Bangladeshi ed-tech startup. Previously, the...
No more rotten crops: BINA moves to set up food irradiation centre
The Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA) is preparing a project to establish a food irradiation centre in Faridpur in an effort to drastically cut back on the post-harvest losses. At the centre, crops will be exposed to ionising radiation that will...
Taslima Miji: A promising entrepreneur
Creating an exciting design for my clients makes me so happy, says Taslima Miji, CEO of Leatherina, the company she founded in 2016. Her signature brand, Gootipa, is now famous for its customised leather products, both in Bangladesh and international markets like...