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Bangladesh to earn $5b from ICT sector by 2025, Palak hopes
State Minister for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Zunaid Ahmed Palak has said the country's export earnings will be five billion US dollars from the ICT sector along with huge employment generation by 2025. "Country's ICT sector has already created...
Sure Care: A platform to connect rural doctors to Bangladesh’s rich medical diaspora
Bangladeshi-American Chief of Medicine at University Medical Center, Las Vegas, Dr Chowdhury H Ahsan, talks about Sure Care, a digital consortium of expert Bangladeshi doctors from all over the world, who will collaborate with doctors in rural Bangladesh to save...
DBL gets $52m UK investment for green spinning mill
Alongside encouraging Bangladesh apparel to go completely green, the investment will have a multiplier effect on women empowerment. DBL Group, one of the leading Bangladeshi apparel exporters, is going to receive a $52 million credit facility from the British...
‘Meghna Cloud’: Bangladesh’s first cloud data centre
Bangladesh Data Center Company Limited (BDCCL) and Gennext Technology have recently signed an agreement to set up Meghna Cloud, Bangladesh's first cloud data centre. According to a press release, this joint venture will be under the initiative 'Made in Bangladesh...
JaduPC: Cutting the right corners to deliver on performance
Can a computer be cheaper than a smartphone and still perform like a brand device? JaduPC, a company based in Bangladesh, aims to offer computers that are both affordable and high-performing in the local tech market. Look up the words "budget PC build" on google and...
OnnoRokom BigganBaksho: Making science and learning fun and fascinating for kids
Science education is in crisis in Bangladesh. The discipline has been seeing a declining pupil interest over the last several years. A recent annual report by the University Grants Commission, the higher education regulatory body of Bangladesh, finds that “only 11%...
Exports hit record $5.36b in December
Bangladesh witnessed the highest-ever export earnings of $5.36 billion in December last year braving a global economic crisis. The export earnings, which surpassed the $5 billion milestone for the second consecutive month, saw a 9.33 per cent growth year-on-year,...
EkkBaz raises $500,000 in funding, aims to expand operations in Bangladesh, Singapore, and Vietnam
EkkBaz, a B2B marketplace with an embedded financing platform for small businesses, is pleased to announce that it has raised USD 500,000 in funding from Haitou Global, KeyStone Capital, Artesian, and Enterprise Singapore, per a press release sent to FS. The funds...
Osudpotro: The online pharmacy startup builds an omnichannel operation, eyes adjacent healthcare services
The unique insightA shift in the market: The growing digital economy is creating new opportunities and challenges for all kinds of businesses. Osudpotro is essentially a product of this broader thesis that the economy is moving digital. Globally, we have been seeing...