Business
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Uber rival Ola is moving into the UK
Aug 7, 2018Indian taxi-hailing giant Ola is moving into the UK as it continues to challenge Uber around the world. The company, which was founded in 2011, has 125 million customers and already operates in 110 cities. It... -
Akij to sell tobacco business for $1.5 billion
Aug 7, 2018According to Reuters, the $1.5 billion (Tk124.3 billion) deal is one of the biggest cross-border mergers and acquisition transactions involving a Bangladeshi company Akij Group has signed an agreement with the Japan Tobacco (JT) Group over... -
China’s central bank levied a fine of 4.12 million yuan on Alipay
Aug 6, 2018The Shanghai head office of China’s central bank has levied a fine of 4.12 million yuan ($601,846) on Alipay, the online payment platform of Ant Financial, for violating regulations on payment services, the regulator said on... -
PepsiCo chief executive Indra Nooyi to step down
Aug 6, 2018PepsiCo chief executive Indra Nooyi is to step down after 12 years at the helm. She is among the world’s most prominent female business leaders and has consistently appeared on Forbes’ list of the 100 most... -
Asian markets rose on Monday after a healthy lead from Wall Street
Aug 6, 2018Asian markets rose on Monday after a healthy lead from Wall Street as positive US jobs data trumped fresh trade war threats, while the yuan extended a recovery after the Chinese central bank moved to support the... -
Grameenphone reduces internet price in Bangladesh
Aug 6, 2018Grameenphone reduces tariff of two internet packages in accordance with government decision to reduce VAT on internet usage in Bangladesh from 15% to 5%. New benefits of other internet packages will also be offered soon. From... -
Bank Asia and Telenor Health signs MoU on healthcare services in Bangladesh
Aug 6, 2018Telenor Health and Bank Asia joined hands to provide digital healthcare services to the unbanked community through the state-of-the-art Agent Banking network of the Bank. An agreement to this effect has been signed recently between the... -
Vaseline Petroleum Jelly ensures Bangladeshi Hajj pilgrims’ skincare
Aug 6, 2018Petroleum Jelly Vaseline endows the Hajj pilgrims with the skincare during their pilgrimage to attain spiritual purity. The offer comes from a campaign jointly organized by Biman Bangladesh and Unilever brand Vaseline. Under the campaign titled... -
Grameenphone and A2i to arrange ‘Women’s Innovation Camp 2018’ in Bangladesh
Aug 5, 2018GP White-Board and A2i, are jointly arranging ‘Women’s Innovation Camp 2018’. Access to Information Program (A2i) has been supporting the parity issues of women and involving the society in several women empowerment activities for a long... -
SINGER and BRAC jointly started providing ‘free of cost tailoring course’ to 5000 underpriviledged women across Bangladesh
Aug 5, 2018SINGER & BRAC have jointly started providing ‘free of cost tailoring course’ to 5000 underprivileged women across Bangladesh. As part of this, a total 44 women received certificates at Katlapur at Savar on July 26, 2018,...
