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Gems who are taking the country forward
Hasnaeen Rizvi Rahman an Astute Leader committed to deliver innovative software solutions
Hasnaeen Rizvi Rahman is a first-generation entrepreneur at 25 years of age. He is the Founder and CEO of Astha IT which was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Astha IT is a custom software development company that specializes in building...
BUET grad’s AI startup raises $4.1 million
AI startup Gray Matter Robotics, headed by BUET graduate Ariyan Kabir, has raised $4.1 million in seed round funding. Stage Venture Partners and Calibrate Ventures led the round, along with 3M Ventures, OCA Ventures, Pathbreaker Ventures and B Capital Group. The...
Bangladeshi-American Durreen Shahnaz now on Forbes 50 Over 50 list
Earlier, the Asia Society had honored her with the Asia Game Changer Award in 2016 and she bagged the Oslo Business for Peace Award 2017 Amid the continuing recognition for her priceless role as a financial changemaker, Durreen Shahnaz, a Bangladeshi-American...
The man who turns waste into wealth
Every month, around 1,000 tonnes of PET waste flakes and 600 tonnes of PET straps are produced in Habibur Rahman Jewel’s factories, where 200 workers are employed From 2011, Habibur Rahman Jewel successfully ran his export business of polyethylene terephthalate (PET)...
The Naxalite who founded Lazz Pharma
Mohammad Lutfor Rahman left the Naxalites after they asked him to kill his father. He arrived in Dhaka penniless, worked at a pharmacy, founded Lazz Pharma in 1974 and moved to Canada in 1992. Today, Lutfor owns four branches of Lazz Pharma and sold the brand name to...
A Bangladeshi tech entrepreneur taking his country’s flag to the world
A Bangladeshi, inspired by his homeland, has taken it as an entrepreneurial mission to send waves across continents and carry his country's flagKaushik Basu, in his op-ed “Bangladesh at 50” puts a glowing remark – “Today, as Bangladesh celebrates a half-century of...
A Young Entrepreneur Who Has Indomitable Faith In Himself And Keeps Doing Amazing Work
I was a student when I became an entrepreneur. Back then I had no one to guide me. But I had a lot of enthusiasm within me to become a financially independent individual. So, I never backed down from entering the unknown territories. I made a lot of mistakes along the...
Go to Bengal Calisthenics for physical and mental fitness
Bengal Calisthenics is a fitness platform which provides proper assessment, training, and lifestyle coaching so that a person can find the right ways to build healthy habits and live a fulfilling life. How healthy we are as a person depends not only on our physical...
From actor to entrepreneur: Alisha Pradhan’s journey to make the most of herself
Once a model and actor, Alisha runs four companies including HerNetTv, HerNet Foundation, Ashben Tech LTD and Ashben Travels.In 2008, Alisha Pradhan shot to fame through a television commercial. The advertisement for Euro Cola was shot at Ramuji Film City in Mumbai...