This is an extension of Cisco’s ongoing initiatives to bolster the country’s digital foundation and help achieve the government’s vision of ‘Digital Bangladesh’ …
Infographic: The Rise of Bangladesh
In terms of per capita GDP, citizens of Bangladesh are likely to be richer than Indians in 2020, as well as five years later as per IMF projections …
Bangladesh players’ strike, a year on: BCB says relationship with players ‘cordial’
A year on from the players’ strike that shook Bangladesh cricket, senior BCB officials believe that their relationship with country’s cricketers remains “cordial”. But the players have refrained from …
Veon backs Bangladesh B2B commerce platform
Veon, Sequoia Capital India and Flourish Ventures participated in a $22.5 million funding round for mobile-first Bangladeshi small business commerce platform ShopUp, a move the …
VEON acquires strategic stake in Bangladesh’s leading full-stack B2B commerce platform, ShopUp
PRNewswire/ — VEON Ltd. (NASDAQ: VEON) and (Euronext Amsterdam: VEON), through VEON Ventures, has joined Sequoia Capital India and Flourish Ventures …
Bangladesh garment workers pray for orders as pandemic shreds exports
Bangladesh garment factory owner Shahidullah Azim laid off 20% of his workers in the wake of the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic. Bangladesh is the world’s second-largest apparel producer after …
As Bangladesh Races Ahead, India Will Take ‘Years To Recover’ From Economic Contraction
When the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) biannual World Economic Outlook report was published last week, Shamsul Alam, a senior member of the Bangladesh Planning Commission, was busy overlooking …
Teknaf: The most violent place in Bangladesh?
An unofficial analysis by the UNDP finds that the volume of extrajudicial killings is extraordinarily high in Teknaf …
ShopUp raises $22.5 million to digitize millions of mom-and-pop shops in Bangladesh
A startup that is aiming to digitize millions of neighborhood stores in Bangladesh just raised the country’s largest Series A financing round. Dhaka-headquartered ShopUp said on Tuesday it has raised …
Bangladesh to overtake India? PR can’t fix all our problems
This week has come news that in the current financial year, Bangladesh will overtake India in terms of per capita income.