Markedium InShorts


Sep 24


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In an effort to uplifting innovative and ambitious startups across the globe, Microsoft has recently launched its Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub in Bangladesh.👉 With this introduction, individuals will have access to cloud platforms like Azure to toolboxes such as Microsoft 365, GitHub Enterprise, Visual Enterprise, and many more.👉 Aspiring entrepreneurs will reportedly also have the opportunity to learn from titans of the industry who will help guide them in every step of their startup journey.#Microsoft #tech #startup #Bangladesh #markedium


Sep 24


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Leading power, energy, and engineering company Energypac Power Generation Ltd (EPGL) has recently brought home another laurel as it has been awarded the certification of ‘Resource Efficient Supply Chain Measures’ as part of the Metabuild project.👉 Metabuild is a 4-year-long project (2016-2020), supported by the European Union (EU) under the SWITCH-Asia Programme. #Energypac #brandupdate #Bangladesh #markedium


Sep 24


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Banglalink has acquired the exclusive rights to become the licensed mobile broadcaster of the Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022 through a sub-licensing agreement with K Sports.👉 Toffee, the digital entertainment platform in Bangladesh powered by Banglalink, will livestream the sports event as the exclusive digital platform in the country.👉 The announcement was made at a press conference held at Banglalink head office Tiger's Den on Thursday.#Banglalink #toffee #worldcup2022 #qatarworldcup2022 #Brandupdate #Markedium


Sep 24


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#BangladeshisTakingBangladeshForwardIt's our utmost honor to share that as of September 15, 2022, 9 out of 10 top companies with the highest market cap in Bangladesh are led by Bangladesh-born leaders.#CorporateLeaders #Grameenphone #Walton #BAT #SquarePharma #Robi #Renata #UPGD #BEXIMCO #Holcim #Berger #Bangladesh #Markedium


Sep 24


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Bangladesh is reportedly the 3rd least affordable country in the world and the least affordable country in Asia to purchase an iPhone 14.👉A Bangladeshi citizen needs to spend 59.00% of their yearly salary to purchase the base model iPhone 14 128GB.👉 In terms of price, Bangladesh is reportedly the 11th most expensive country in the world for an iPhone 14, with the base model iPhone 14 128GB totaling $1,348.96 USD after taxes.#apple #iphone #Bangladesh #Markedium


Sep 23


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Shwapna Bhowmick, a Bangladeshi national, has been promoted as the regional head of British multinational retailer Marks and Spencer (M&S).👉 She will be responsible for the company's operation in Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka regions.👉 The retailer made the decision on Wednesday, after the head of its operation in India and Sri Lanka region Nidhi Dua resigned on Tuesday.👉 Shwapna, a philosophy graduate of Dhaka University, started her apparel industry career with Araf Apparels. Later, she worked for the British multinational clothing brand Next and Walmart.


Sep 22


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Bata just launched an exclusive Justice League collection in collaboration with Warner Media featuring the Justice League characters, logos, artworks, etc.👉 The Justice League kids' shoe collection features not only comfortable sneakers but also introduces flip-flops, slip-on sneakers, sandals, and even sliders.#JusticeLeague #Bata #NewLaunch #Bangladesh #Markedium


Sep 22


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Bangladesh has ranked 96th among 113 economies in the Global Index of Digital Entrepreneurship Systems, a new index by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).👉 The ADB revealed the ranking in its September update report of the Asian Development Outlook 2022 released on Wednesday.👉 The primary focus of the index is upon 21 developing members of the ADB, but it also covers 92 economies in other regions to benchmark results and place them in five categories – leaders, followers, catchers-up, laggards, and tailenders.👉 Five South Asian nations, including Bangladesh, got listed in the "tailenders" category, which means the countries have weak digital environments for entrepreneurs.#ADB #Entrepreurship #Index #bangladesh #Markedium


Sep 22


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On Wednesday, the reserves stood at $36.97 billion after the Bangladesh Bank sold about $30 million to banks at a rate of Tk96 to settle import Letters of Credit (LCs), according to central bank officials of the department concerned.👉 The reserves were over $37 billion on Tuesday after the central bank had sold $110 million at the same rate.👉 Deducting $8 billion – given to various funds such as Export Development Fund loans – from the reserves, the country's usable reserves will stand at about $29 billion.#Forex #BangladeshBank #Bangladesh #Markedium


Sep 22


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The government is going to formulate a policy on cross-border electronic transmissions in a bid to help guide the country's thriving e-commerce industry in this regard.👉 Cross-border electronic transmissions refer to the transmission of information in electronic form, such as digital copies of books purchased online.👉 The ministry will hold a meeting with the stakeholders concerned tomorrow to formulate the cross-border electronic transmission policy that will address relevant issues of e-commerce companies.#industryupdate #bangladeshgovernment #ecommerce #electricity #powertransmission #powergrid #wto #bangladesh #india #markedium


Sep 21


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Bangladesh’s leading online travel agency ShareTrip has recently brought home the ‘World Travel Awards’ for the fourth consecutive time.👉 ShareTrip has won awards in different categories including ‘Bangladesh’s Leading Online Travel Agency 2022’ and ‘Bangladesh’s Leading Travel Agency 2022’.👉 Established in 1993, the World Travel Awards is also known as ‘the Oscars of the travel industry’. This award ceremony is held annually to recognize those who are working hard to provide excellent service in the fields of travel and tourism in different regions of the world.👉 This year, the organization board received 2.3 million votes from across the globe, which attests to the fact that the global tourism industry is flourishing, and globe trotters are looking for quality services for fulfilling their travel-related needs.#sharetrip #worldtravelawards #bangladeshtravelagency #travelagency #onlinetravel #travelindustry #tourism #bangladesh #global #markedium


Sep 21


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US graphics card maker Nvidia recently announced that it will be officially launching its RTX 40 series GPUs in the global market next month.👉 According to Nvidia, the powerful RTX 4090 boasts a massive 24GB of GDDR6X RAM and will use the same amount of power as the RTX 3090 Ti while being 2 to 4 times quicker.👉 Nvidia recommends using a power supply of at least 850 watts for the latest flagship RTX 4090 GPU.#Nvidia #NvidiaRTX #nvidiagaming #RTX4090 #RTX4080 #newlaunch #RTX40Series #gpu #gamming #graphicscard #techupdate #global #tech #Markedium


Sep 21


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Among the Asian countries, Bangladesh ranked 20th with average monthly salary at $299, while India's position is 18th, Pakistan stands 17th and Vietnam 14th, according to Numbeo.com, and Salaryexplorer.com (based on the exchange rates in March 2022.)👉 Singapore boasts the highest average monthly salary $6,223, followed by China with $4,609 and Hong Kong with $4,600.👉 Industry sources said that the trend of cutting down the number of employees or furloughs started off amid Covid- induced economic shocks since 2020 -- the time when there had been a reverse mass migration from urban to rural destinations.#bangladesh #india #Vietnam #sinagapore #Pakistan #Salary #average #job #employees #employment #hongkong #economy #global #markedium


Sep 21


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Mercedes-Benz is planning to build a wind farm in the northwestern German state of Lower Saxony, by 2025 that is able to produce a hundred megawatts of electricity, equivalent to over 15 per cent of the carmaker's annual demand in Germany.👉 Mercedes will invest a three-digit million figure in a power purchase agreement with an as-yet-unnamed partner to buy the electricity generated by the turbines.👉 It is also examining together with local authorities whether it could put solar panels onto the remaining space in the 800-hectare piece of land in Papenburg, a test track owned by the carmaker.#MercedesBenz #windmill #powergeneration #germany #demand #electricity #naturalpower #caremaker #turbains #global #brandupdates #markedium


Sep 21


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Carrefour, a French multinational retail chain, has expressed interest in strengthening its partnership with Bangladeshi suppliers to expand its business base here.👉 During a courtesy visit to BGMEA President Faruque Hassan at the BGMEA Complex on Monday, Jean Marie Fouque, director (Textile Global Sourcing) of Carrefour, discussed prospects of increasing apparel sourcing from Bangladesh.👉 Carrefour is a multinational retail and wholesaling corporation headquartered in Massy, France.#Carrefour #french #bgmea #faruquehassan #textile #rmg #retailchain #business #latestupdate #bangladesh #markedium


Sep 21


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Shwapno has started expanding its footprint abroad as fresh vegetables and fruits have now been sent to two new destinations.👉 As a part of a strategic move to expand business, the largest retail supermarket chain in Bangladesh had first sent the produce to Honk Kong on March 31 this year.👉 Shipments were later sent to Dubai on June 15 and then to Sweden on July 2.👉 Shwapno, run by ACI Logistics, sources agricultural products from local farmers around the country, especially Jashore.#shwapno #acilogistics #aci #jashore #jessore #dubai #sweden #abroad #vegetables #fresh #organic #farmers #agriculture #brandupdates #bangladesh #markedium


Sep 20


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While the refrigerator is the star in the Bangladesh market, Walton TV is making "Made In Bangladesh" global for WALTON.As exhibit A, recently Walton branded TV got displayed in the storefront of Ireland's largest retail store "DID Electronics".#Walton #Ireland #MadeInBangladesh #Export #Remittance #GlobalBrand #Markedium


Sep 20


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Refrigerator brand Konka won three awards in different categories at the China Refrigerator Industry Summit Forum-2022 in Beijing recently.👉 Of them, the company clinched the "Leading Brand of Ecological Preservation in Refrigerator Industry-2022" award for its excellent performance in high-end intelligent and preservation technology, the "China Refrigerator Industry Ultra-long Fresh Preservation Leading Product-2022" award for its 15-day ecological fresh refrigerator technology and "China Refrigerator Industry Outstanding Channel Performance Product-2022" award for sterilization clean taste fresh refrigerator technology.#konka #refrigerator #brand #china #ecological #award #summit #technology #tech #bangladesh #china


Sep 20


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Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, recently announced that it is making the desktop version of its app, Snapchat for Web, available to all its users.👉 Snapchat initially launched Snapchat for Web in July to Snapchat+ subscribers in in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Now, the desktop version can be accessed by all Snapchat users worldwide.#snapchat #snap #tech #techupdate #uk #canada #australia #newzealand #desktop #newfeatures #desktopversion #desktopapplication #apps #andorid #ios #windows #mac #apple #global #worldwide #markedium


Sep 20


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Debit and credit card transactions rose sharply and hit an all-time high as total transactions were recorded at Tk37,985.3 crore in July.👉 Around Tk35,407.2 crore and Tk2,578.1 were transacted through debit and credit cards respectively.👉 The total figure in June was Tk37,236 crore. During that month the total number of debit and credit card transactions were Tk34,744.7 crore and Tk2,491.3 crore.#debit #credit #debitcard #creditcard #cashless #onlinebanking #banking #bank #fianance #business #cardpayment #payments #transactions #bangladesh #markedium


Sep 18


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Malaysian telecoms firm Axiata Group and Norway's Telenor ASA have reportedly been given clearance from the Securities Commission Malaysia for the proposed merger of their local units.👉 Facing stiff competition in the competitive Malaysian market, Axiata and Telenor announced last year the planned tie-up between Celcom Axiata and DiGi.Com, forming a new market leader called Celcom Digi.👉 Celcom Digi would have an enterprise value of $15 billion and The two parent companies plan to own 33.1% each in the Malaysian market.#Telenor #Axiata #Merger #Telecom #Malaysia #Global #Markedium


Sep 18


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Exim Bank has appointed Mohammad Firoz Hossain as its new managing director and chief executive officer with effect from September 16.👉 The appointee, Hossain, was serving the bank as additional managing director.👉 Hossain started his banking career with National Bank in 1988.#Eximbank #NewDesignation #MD #ceo ##appointment #nationalbank #bank #banking #bangladesh


Sep 17


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Introducing "Kebab" keyboard by KeeBot - the first-ever Bangladeshi mechanical keyboard project.👉KeeBot is an independent creator of mechanical keyboards and related components in Bangladesh.👉 Founded only a year ago, they have received much appraisal from the local mechanical keyboard enthusiast community at a fast pace. The team is co-founded and run by Sadnan Adib and Samiul Bashar Anan.#Kebab #Keyboard #Technology #Tech #Bangladesh #Innovation #Markedium


Sep 17


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Former Twitter (TWTR) security chief Peiter “Mudge” Zatko appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on this Tuesday to testify about what he says are widespread security failures at the social media company.⁠👉 Witht the testimonial, the social media company wasn’t the only one to come under fire. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle repeatedly criticized federal regulators who for years had supposedly been keeping a close eye on the company.👉 In his testimony this week, Zatko reportedly alleged Twitter had serious, undisclosed security and privacy vulnerabilities that have put users and national security at risk.#Twitter #Socialmedia #WhistleBlower #Markedium


Sep 17


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Reportedly, The e-commerce market size in 2021 was about Tk56,870 crore and will be around Tk1.5 lakh crore by 2026, said the Dublin-based trade research institution ResearchAndMarkets.com.👉 The e-commerce market size in 2021 was about Tk56,870 crore and will be around Tk1.5 lakh crore by 2026, said the Dublin-based trade research institution ResearchAndMarkets.com.👉 Products and services cover retail shopping, travel and hospitality, online food service, media and entertainment, healthcare and wellness, and technology products and services.#Ecommerce #Bangladesh #MarketInsight #Markedium


Sep 15


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#EnvironmentFriendly #GroceryStoreWell, that's a new and arguably one of the much-needed concepts in reality for a country like Bangladesh.👉 Bazar365, Bangladesh's first environment-friendly grocery store where you can earn free groceries by returning your purchased plastics, relaunched its operation today.👉 This online grocery store has been effectively providing services to the best of its ability for the past 1.5 years.👉 Recently Bazar365 has also received seed funding from a local investor.#Bazar365 #StartupUpdate #Bangladesh #SDG #Markedium


Sep 15


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Here is the never ending debate! Let's hear which one is your favorite. Comment below!#Pepsi #CocaCola #Opinion #Bangladesh #Markedium


Sep 15


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With engagement in Meta’s apps seemingly in decline, #Meta is rolling out a new way to encourage more engagement stemming from Facebook Groups, via a new Community Chat option that’ll facilitate topic-based discussion groups within Messenger.👉 Community Chats, which is being launched two days back in testing with a limited number of users, will enable people to create a Facebook Group, start chats and audio channels, and invite others to join their new group, all from within Messenger.So it’s Facebook Groups, but in Messenger instead, which could encourage more immediate interaction and discussion around your key topics of interest.#meta #Facebook #messenger #SocialMedia #NewUpdate #Markedium


Sep 15


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According GSMA The Mobile Economy 2022 report, over the period to 2025, there will be an additional 400 million new mobile subscribers, most of them from Asia Pacific and Sub-Saharan Africa, taking the total number of subscribers to 5.7 billion (70% of the global population).👉 In 2021, mobile technologies and services generated $4.5 trillion of economic value added, or 5% of GDP, globally. This figure will grow by more than $400 billion by 2025 to nearly $5 trillionHere's a infographic overview of the insights found in the report.#GSMA #TheMobileEconomy #Smartphone #4g #5g #APAC #Global #Insights #Markedium


Sep 15


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Let's take a moment to remind us of the many ways in which we have benefited from the existence of this one particular domain aka the GOOGLE search engine.Do you have any stories where Google helped you big? Share in the comments.#Google #OnThisDay #Markedium


Sep 14


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Ferrari just revealed its first-ever 4-door model, a high-riding and powerful sports car called the Purosangue!And, it's pretty cool!#Ferrari #Purosangue #NewLaunch #Global #Markedium


Sep 14


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According to a recent report by The Business Standard , here are the ACI Motors Ltd. key brand market shares in Bangladesh.Source: https://buff.ly/3Dn2AdL#ACI #ACIMotors #MarketShare #BrandInsight #Bangladesh #Markedium


Sep 14


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IPDC Finance has gotten the nod for receiving long-term financing of 15 million euro from German-based Deutsche Investitions-und Entwicklungsgesellschaft (DEG)👉 The approval was given by the central bank under certain conditions for which IPDC will have to renegotiate the terms and conditions of the loan with the lender.👉 DEG mbH, a subsidiary of KfW, is a European development finance institution for long-term projects and company financing that has been financing and structuring the investments of companies in developing and transition countries in order to contribute to sustainable progress over the last five decades.#IpdcFinance #DEG #BangladeshBank #BrandUpdate #Markedium


Sep 13


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Bollywood superstar Salman Khan's clothing brand Being Human is expanding its base in Bangladesh, with its first outlet opening this Thursday in the capital’s Banani.👉 The opening will be attended by renowned actor and Salman Khan’s brother Sohail Khan and his nephew Ayaan Agnihotri and the CEO of Being Human Clothing Sanjeev Rao.👉 The local franchisees of the disruptive clothing brand, which has become a popular choice for the youth in India, are Rehan Rahman and Mohaimin Mostafa. They are also the co-owners of Crimson Cup Bangladesh.#beinghuman #salmankhan #superstar #bollywood #clothingbrand #apparelshop #brandshop #business #brandupdate #bangladesh #Markedium


Sep 13


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Deutsche Bank has opened a representative office in Bangladesh, the 15th market in which the bank operates in the Asia Pacific region.👉 Syed Naushad Zaman, former deputy head of Commerz bank's representative office in Bangladesh, to lead the new business.#deutsche #DeutscheBank #bank #commerz #commerzbank #bangladesh #markedium


Sep 12


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The government is mulling over switching to digital currency -- a move believed to be faster, cheaper and transparent in transactions.👉 Many experts also believe that problems related to the disappearance of lower-denomination currencies will be no more under the new order of currencies attuned to the cusp of technology-driven global changes.👉 Bangladesh Bank will conduct a feasibility study on the possibility of introducing CDBC in Bangladesh#digitalcurrency #currency #cbdc #bank #banking #onlinebanking #clashless #transactions #economy #economyupdate #bangladesh


Sep 12


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Local garment manufacturers have set a target to raise Bangladesh's share in the global apparel market to 10 per cent by 2025 from below 7 per cent now by adding new products and entering new markets.👉 By 2022, they want to lift the market share to 8 per cent from 6.8 per cent presently.👉 The global apparel market is expected to reach $842 billion in 2025 and $1,138 billion in 2030.#bgmea #localgarments #rmg #Garments #bangladesh #markedium


Sep 12


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Summit Communications Ltd is set to mobilize a loan of Tk700 crore to implement its investment plan on expanding network capacities, improving existing facilities, and building submarine cable networks.👉 Summit Communications Ltd provides services to mobile phone operators, ISPs and ICT sector through its 47,000 km optical fiber network, internet gateway, and tower-sharing.👉 Recently, it also obtained a licence along with two other private firms for the first time to build and develop submarine cables.#summit #summitcommunication #SummitGroup #ict #investment #network #submarinecables #fibernetwork #gateway #towersharing #telco #bangladesh #Markedium


Sep 11


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The Tata Group is reportedly in talks with Taiwan-based Wistron Corp to join the ranks of iPhone makers in India, as Apple looks to broaden its Indian manufacturing unit.👉 Wistron, a supplier to Apple, will establish an electronics manufacturing joint venture in the country along with the Tata Group, if the talks reach to an agreement, according to a new report.👉 As per a report by Bloomberg quoting people with knowledge of the matter, the Tata Group is keen on seeking Wistron’s expertise in product development, supply chain and assembly to turn itself into a key player in technology manufacturing.#TataGroup #India #GlobalBusinessUpdate #Apple #iphone #Markedium


Sep 11


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Now we will get Walton Television in Georgia 🇬🇪. Available both in Georgia e-commerce platform and Sales Outlets in below :https://vendoo.ge/search?q=Walton https://extra.ge/search?k=Walton- https://onoff.ge/*City Mall Saburtalo, KavtaradzeStr. 1 *East Point, Tvaltchrelidze Street 3. *Gldni, Khizanisvili 13. *Rustavi Mall *Megaline, Agladze Street 15.Proudly Exporting the "Made in Bangladesh" tags all over the world.#GMS #Goglobal #georgia #Walton #television #MadeInBangladesh


Sep 11


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Marico brings you Over The Wall, the largest entrepreneurship and product innovation campus competition in Bangladesh! It is designed to help you unlock your business leadership abilities and unleash your entrepreneurial mindset.Marico Bangladesh Limited is offering an International Internship for the winning team. In addition, finalists will receive exciting rewards such as Prize Money, Career Opportunities, and Seed Funding Opportunities!Registration ends on 12th September.To register, visit: https://overthewall.maricocareers.com/To know more about the competition, visit https://www.facebook.com/MaricoCareers#Marico #OverTheWall #InternationalInternship #EmployerBranding #Bangladesh #Markedium


Sep 10


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The country's leading advertising agency Mediacom has recently signed an agreement with the European Multinational Company Arla Foods Bangladesh.👉 According to the agreement, Mediacom will be providing creative support for Arla from now on.👉 Managing Director of Arla Foods Bangladesh Peter Hallberg and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Mediacom Ajoy Kumar Kundu signed the agreement at Arla's own facility in Dhaka.#arla #arlafoods #mou #ceo #mediacom #advertising #agency #bangladesh #markedium


Sep 10


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Amid the ongoing dollar crisis, Bangladesh's foreign exchange reserves have further declined to $37 billion.👉 Amid the ongoing dollar crisis, Bangladesh's foreign exchange reserves have further declined to $37 billion.👉 At the end of Thursday (8 September), reserves stood at $37.06 billion; on Wednesday (7 September) it was $38.94 billion.👉 However, if the reserves are calculated excluding the money given to various funds including the Export Development Fund loan, the usable reserves of the country are now $30 billion.#forex #reserve #forexreserves #economy #dollar #exchange #currency #bangladesh #markedium


Sep 8


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Leading online food and grocery delivery platform foodpanda has launched a Dine-in option for its customers in Bangladesh.👉It is an exclusive service that comes as part of foodpanda’s newly introduced membership program (pandapro), and one of the most exciting privileges of performing Dine-in with pandapro is the 25% flat discount for pro customers at over 500 restaurants.👉The Dine-in feature is another attempt to make foodpanda’s services available offline as well as online —and connect more deeply with customers by becoming a part of their everyday lives.#Foodpanda #brandUpdate #Bangladesh #markedium


Sep 8


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Berger Paints Bangladesh Limited has moved to invest some Tk400cr in setting up a state-of-the-art factory as it looks to further expand its market reach, which is currently about 50% of the country's paint market.👉Berger Paints Bangladesh Limited has moved to invest some Tk400cr in setting up a state-of-the-art factory as it looks to further expand its market reach, which is currently about 50% of the country's paint market.#Berger #BrandUpdate #Bangladesh #Markedium


Sep 8


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Introducing 'Plastic To Products' - the first-ever sustainable performance shoe collection by Sprint - from the house of Apex.👉 As a part of an ongoing initiative towards sustainable product development to impact life below water and on land, Apex came up with this brilliant innovation.👉 The all-new performance collection is crafted from recycled PET bottles that are turned into plastic threads to create the upper material of each pair.What are your thoughts on this?#Apex #Sprint #ProductInnovation #WasteManagement #SDG #Bangladesh #Markedium


Sep 7


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Bangladesh earned $592 million by exporting computer-related services -- including software, IT enabled services, consultancy and equipment maintenance -- in fiscal year 2021-22 (FY22), double from that in FY21.👉 According to data from the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB), earnings from the sector rose by 94.91% on a year-on-year basis, of which the highest earnings came from IT-enabled services (ITES.)👉 Export earnings from ITES reached $484.40 million in FY22, a 123% jump from FY21 that stood at $ 217 million.#ITExports #itservices #epb #exportpromotionalbureau #ites #export #software #development #bangladesh #markedium


Sep 7


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Customers can now avail digital savings scheme of Dhaka Bank and Mutual Trust Bank (MTB) through bKash accounts from anywhere in the country, 24/7.👉 They can open savings schemes of different tenures and amounts of these two banks in just a few minutes from the comfort of their homes, avoiding the hassle of paper documents or forms.👉 Last year, Bangladesh’s largest non-banking financial institution, IDLC Finance, introduced the country’s first ‘Digital Savings Scheme’ to enable customers to avail of the service through their bKash accounts.#bkash #idlc #idlcfinance #mtb #mutualtrustbank #DhakaBank #mfs #clashless #marketing #mobilebanking #Bangladesh #markedium


Sep 7


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Prior to joining Berger, Tanzeen Ferdous Alam worked at Unilever for 17 years and his last position at Unilever was Marketing Director.


Sep 7


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Adeffi Limited , the parent company of Sticker Driver has now introduced BUS and CNG advertising in Bangladesh.👉 With the launch of the ROOT food & Bombay Sweets campaign in Dhaka, they have successfully executed their long-held ambition for CNG advertising.👉 Adding on, with the launch of their BDjobs campaign, they have entered the Chittagong Bus advertising arena.👉 ROOT Food, Bombay Sweets, and BDjobs will have access to real-time data through Adeffi’s dashboard and the ability to track these vehicles.What's your thought on this? Let us know in the comments.#AdeffiLimited #StickerDriver #StartupUpdate #Bangladesh #Markedium


Sep 7


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Meta is facing a fine of for failing to safeguard children's information on Instagram.👉 Meta received a 405 million euro ($403 million) penalties from Ireland's data watchdog.👉 The $400 million fine would come in second place to Amazon's record-breaking $888 million penalties in 2021 for a tech company's violation of the General Data Protection Regulation of the European Union.#meta #instagram #global #europe #ireland #tech #techupdate #Markedium


Sep 6


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Digital service provider Robi has recently launched a sales academy for its employees involved in sales.👉 This is the first of its kind academy in the industry to specifically address the training needs of the company’s sales force👉 The academy is primarily designed to develop functional and leadership capabilities of Robi’s sales force.#robi #telco #telecom #salesfore #salesforceacademy #digital #slaesacademy #Bangladesh #sales #Markedium


Sep 6


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Refrigerator brand Konka recently won the "2022 Peace of Mind Award" at the fifth Yunfeng Conference organised by the Interface News of Shanghai Newspaper Group.👉 Konka became the "Refrigerator Brand of the Year" by beating off competition from nearly 2,000 brands and products in more than 100 fields, said Electromart Group, Konka's local distributor in Bangladesh.#Konka #Refrigerator #awad #MindAward #ShanghaiNewspaperGroup #China #homeappliance #electronic #Bangladesh #markedium


Sep 6


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Banglalink becomes the first operator in the country to launch next-generation 4G with a new spectrum from the 2.3 GHz band.👉 It has officially started the deployment of the new spectrum from Khulna.👉 Erik Aas, CEO of Banglalink, made the announcement at a press conference organized in Khulna on September 5.#banglalink #telco #telecom #internet #data #4G #spectrum #khulna #bangladesh #markedium


Sep 6


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Bangladesh's foreign exchange reserves recently dipped below $39 billion due to high import payments.👉 The reserves stood at $38.98 billion on Sunday, down from $39.08 billion on September 1, according to data from Bangladesh Bank.👉 The country's reserves stood at $46.19 billion in September last year.#Forex #foreign #foreignexchange #foreignexchangemarket #bangladesh #import #BangladeshBank #Markedium


Sep 5


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IFIC Bank has launched a special service 'IFIC Freelancer Service Package' for freelancers.👉 With an aim to help the freelancers working in Bangladesh to bring their income earned from abroad into their bank accounts quickly, safely, seamlessly, and simultaneously, IFIC launched the service to provide them with all kinds of banking services.👉 The launching ceremony of the service package was organized at IFIC Tower, Purana Paltan, Dhaka on September 4.#IFICBank #Freelancers #NewLaunch #bangladesh #Markedium


Sep 4


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Robi Axiata Limited has thanked its customers in Chattogram for their passionate support, and patronage over the years through a special event named- “Aarar Chatga Utshob”.👉 Robi’s top enterprise customers, oldest customers, high-value customers, elite customers, distributors, retailers, and sales representatives in Chattogram were recognized with special awards at the event.👉 The event had everything for the customers to make a memorable night starting from a fun talk show starring Tamim Iqbal, Siam Ahmed & Safa Kabir to a mesmerizing performance by Habib Wahid.👉 Earlier in the day, A special fair was organized for the customers of Robi’s loyalty program, Elite at the same Hotel. Tamim Iqbal, Siam Ahmed and Safa Kabir paid a visit to the fair. Robi’s Acting CEO & CFO M Riaz Rasheed and CCO Shihab Ahmad were also present there.👉 Chattogram City Corporation’s Mayor, Rezaul Karim Chowdhury, eminent personalities, local dignitaries, and esteemed customers of Robi in Chattogram were present at the event.👉The event took place on 30th August 2022 at the Radisson Blu Chattogram Bay View Hotel.#ROBI #Telecommunication #Bangladesh #BrandUpdate #Markedium


Sep 3


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Sticks sales of British American Tobacco in Bangladesh only increased by 2.6% YoY from 3,450.0 Cr sticks in H1’21 to 3,539.2 Cr sticks in H1’22.#BAT #BANGLADESH #TOBACCO #BRANDTRACK #MARKEDIUM


Sep 3


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PRAN-RFL Group won the award in the Enterprise of the Year category at the 20th Bangladesh Business Awards.👉 One entrepreneur and two enterprises have been handed the Bangladesh Business Awards, one of the prestigious awards in the country, for making significant progress in their respective business grounds in the year 2021.👉 DHL Express and The Daily Star introduced the award in 2000👉 The theme of this year's Bangladesh Business Awards was "Bridge to prosperity, connecting beyond borders".👉 Ahsan Khan Chowdhury, Chairman & CEO, PRAN-RFL Group, received the award on behalf of Pran-RFL.#PranRFL #Awards #business #finance #entrepreneur #bangladesh #DBLGroup #Markedium


Sep 3


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bKash Limited won the award in the Best Financial Institution of the Year category at the 20th Bangladesh Business Awards.👉 One entrepreneur and two enterprises have been handed the Bangladesh Business Awards, one of the prestigious awards in the country, for making significant progress in their respective business grounds in the year 2021.👉 DHL Express and The Daily Star introduced the award in 2000👉 The theme of this year's Bangladesh Business Awards was "Bridge to prosperity, connecting beyond borders".👉 Kamal Quadir, CEO of bKash Ltd, received the award on behalf of bKash.#bKash #Awards #business #finance #entrepreneur #bangladesh #DBLGroup #Markedium


Sep 3


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Mr. MA Jabbar, managing director of DBL Group won the award in the Business Person of the Year category at the 20th Bangladesh Business Awards.👉 One entrepreneur and two enterprises have been handed the Bangladesh Business Awards, one of the prestigious awards in the country, for making significant progress in their respective business grounds in the year 2021.👉 DHL Express and The Daily Star introduced the award in 2000👉 The theme of this year's Bangladesh Business Awards was "Bridge to prosperity, connecting beyond borders".#Awards #business #entrepreneur #bangladesh #DBLGroup #Markedium


Sep 2


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Bangladesh's most popular and trusted brand Pizza Hut has announced that its Level 5 food court at Jamuna Future Park will be run by women only.👉 They took the initiative in Bangladesh to ensure further empowerment of the women's workforce.👉 Transcom Foods Limited is working on women's equality and diversity to continue the global Pizza Hut initiative.#PizzaHut #Transcom #transcomfoods #womenempowement #onlywomen # #Pizza #jamunafuturepark #Bangladesh #Markedium


Sep 1


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BRAC Bank has signed an agreement with mobile financial service provider upay recently, allowing BRAC Bank customers to transfer funds from Mobile App 'ASTHA' to their upay accounts.👉 Users can transfer up to Tk 50,000 to upay account in a day. Soon, upay customers will be able to transfer fund to BRAC Bank account from their upay account as well.👉 upay will also use the payment settlement services of BRAC Bank to facilitate transactions for its mobile account.👉 This agreement will also enable migrant Bangladeshis to send money home directly to upay account, with the help of BRAC Bank's 60+ remittance partners, including leading exchange houses and banks worldwide.#Bracbank #agreement #mobilefinance #upday #astha #asthaapp #mobilebanking #bank #banking #Bangladesh #markedium


Sep 1


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Under this agreement, Banglalink will use Bangladesh Railway’s optical fibre network in eight sections in the country for five years👉 Under this agreement, Banglalink will use Bangladesh Railway’s optical fibre network in eight sections in the country for five years.👉 Erik Aas, CEO of Banglalink and Chief Signal and Telecommunication Engineer (Telecom) of Bangladesh Railway, Banu Ranjan Sarkar signed the agreement on behalf of their respective organizations.#Banglalink #BangladeshRailway #railway #internetsharing #telecom #OpticalFiberCable #Opticalfibersharing #Bangladesh #Markedium


Sep 1


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Automobile conglomerate Nitol-Niloy has announced a Tk300 crore investment to manufacture TVS three wheelers in Bogura.👉 "The investment will enable us in local manufacturing, job creation, and will offer some price benefit to customers," said Abdul Matlub Ahmad, chairman of Nitol-Niloy Group.👉 Nitol-Niloy will manufacture the TVS branded three-wheelers under its technical collaboration, while TVS would also be the supplier of raw materials and parts that cannot be locally sourced, he explained the nature of the planned venture.#NitolNiloy #ThreeWheelers #CNG #Manufacturing #Manufacturer #Industry #tvs #bogura #automobile #Bangladesh #Markedium


Sep 1


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Dutch Multinational SHV Energy has taken over entire stakes at Petromax LPG Ltd and Petromax Cylinders Ltd for more than Tk1,000 crore to enter the fast-growing liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) market of Bangladesh.👉 The deal was around a $100 million deal, which converts into over Tk1,000 crore, considering the prevailing exchange rate.👉 Starting LPG bottling business in 2018, Petromax LPG Ltd, with its 6500 MT LPG storage facility, ascended to the fifth spot with around 6% share in the local LPG market in terms of volume.#Dutch #SHVEnergy #LPG #pertomaxlpg #petromaxcylinders #LPGGasCylinder #acquisition #Bangladesh #Marekdium


Sep 1


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Nestle is once again the world’s most valuable brand, according to “Food & Drink 2022”.👉 Brand Finance evaluates 5,000 of the world’s largest brands annually and ranks them according to value, brand strength, growth rate and emergence.👉 Nestle came in first for value at $20.8 billion, up from $19.4 billion in 2021 and worth nearly twice as much as the second-place company, China-based dairy brand Yili Group, which was valued at $10.6 billion.#Nestle #Brand #Finance #mostvaluedbrand #foodanddrinkindustry #beverageindustry #global #Bangladesh #Markedium


Sep 1


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Banglalink has secured Ookla’s recognition as the fastest mobile network in Bangladesh for three consecutive years.👉 With a Speed Score of 21.56, Banglalink clinched the top spot according to Ookla’s Speedtest report for H1’22.#Banglalink #Ookla #fastest #mobilenetwork #internet #speedtest #telco #telecommunications #Bangladesh #Markedium


Aug 31


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Meta announcing that it’s building a new customer-service division, which will provide direct advice and assistance in order to help Facebook and Instagram users resolve account issues and concerns more quickly.👉 A dedicated customer service element has been a much-requested feature, with many users expressing their frustration at not being able to contact anyone at the company for key concerns, like account suspensions, content removals, ad issues, etc.#facebook #meta #customerservice #customerserviceproblems #requestedfeatures #newfeature #user #customer #techupdates #gloval #markedium


Aug 31


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With Dual Camera, Snapchatters can create content using their front and back-facing cameras simultaneously.👉 Which is pretty much exactly like BeReal, and Instagram’s new Dual/Candid options, though Snap is looking to push the functionality beyond situational seflies, and more towards participatory, creative trends.#dualcamera #sanapchat #snap #newfeature #bereal #candid #instagram #selfie #techupdates #tech #global #markedium


Aug 31


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In a year of soft launching of its e-commerce venture Golden Harvest Servus, Golden Harvest Agro Industries Ltd (GHAIL) has decided not to move forward with the planned investment of Tk5 crore for the firm's 45% stake.👉 The listed company cited an "unstable economic outlook" as the reason to opt out of the e-commerce platform that started a year ago aiming at food, grocery and medicine delivery as well as restaurant booking businesses.👉 The market for each of the segments was growing fast then, partially fuelled by continuous discount campaigns by top players backed by venture capital or deep pocket investors.#goldenhervest #shutdown #ecommerce #onlineshop #campaign #ghail #unstableeconomy #bangladesh #brandupdates #markedium


Aug 31


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Meta is launching the first end-to-end shopping experience on WhatsApp, allowing people in India to browse the JioMart catalog, add products to their cart and pay to complete purchases, all within WhatsApp.👉 JioMart on WhatsApp will enable people in India, including those who have never shopped online before, to seamlessly browse through JioMart’s entire grocery catalog. Shoppers can add items to their cart and make a payment to complete the purchase — all without leaving the WhatsApp chat.#jiomart #meta #whatsapp #shopping #grocery #india #whatsappshopping #tech #techupdate #markedium


Aug 31


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Bangladesh continues to persist as the top denim exporter to the USA. The recently released statistics by OTEXA showed that in H1 (January-June) of 2022 Bangladesh exported $445.50 million worth of apparel items. Witnessing a 57% growth in the period.👉 OTEXA data showed that overall the USA imported $2 billion worth of denim in H1 ’22, recording a 42.62% annual growth.#otexa #usa #bangladesh #export #apparel #Statistics #rmg #topdenim #denim #gamrments #markedium


Aug 31


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Customers can now dial toll-free 08 0000 16221 from any mobile number round the clock without any charge.👉 The call centre provides faster services and delivers a delightful banking experience to the bank's 13 lakh customers and handles as high as 2.50 lakh calls in a month.#bracbank #tollfree #callcenter #bankingservices #brac #banking #bank #phonebanking #bangladesh #markedium


Aug 31


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Bangladesh received over $1.72 billion in remittances through the official banking channels in the first 25 days of August, according to data submitted to Bangladesh Bank by different banks.👉 The observation said that many private sector banks were suddenly bringing home more expatriate income than public sector banks.👉 In August 2021, the inward remittance figure for the entire month was $1.81 billion.#remittance #workers #banks #bangladeshbank #publicmoney #finance #bangladesh #markedium


Aug 31


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The country's foreign exchange reserves dropped to $39.04 billion on Tuesday after the Bangladesh Bank sold $153 million to banks for import bill payments.👉 In the current fiscal year starting in July, the central bank has so far sold around $2.44 billion. It had sold a record $7.62 billion from reserves in the last fiscal year.#forex #bill #sales #finance #reserve #bank #foreignexchange #bangladesh #markedium


Aug 30


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Reportedly,Nagad , the MFS provider of Bangladesh Post Office, got consent for a license of non-bank financial institution (NBFI) under which it will form a subsidiary to legitimate its operation.👉 Reportedly, The board of Bangladesh Bank has decided to give a letter of intent against "Nagad Finance PLC" at a meeting held on Tuesday at its headquarters.👉 Reportedly, Nagad will get a full licence, subject to fulfilling some conditions. The major condition is that Nagad Finance has to bring in more than 90% of its investment from abroad to increase foreign currency inflow.Source: TBS (Link in the first comment)#Nagad #MFS #NBFI #POSTOFFICE #BANGLADESH #MARKEDIUM


Aug 30


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Chinese mobile phone manufacturer Xiaomi had the biggest market share in Bangladesh in the second quarter of 2022, according to Counterpoint, a global technology market research firm.👉 In the April-June period, Xiaomi topped the market with a 28.8 percent share.👉 According to the report, Samsung secured the second spot with a 17.3 per cent market share while Vivo stood third with a 10.1 per cent share.👉 Xiaomi's growing offline presence, well-developed local manufacturing facility and a wide entry-level portfolio with features like larger display size, huge battery capacity and improved camera helped it to reach the top spot, said Karn Chauhan, senior analyst at Counterpoint.#xiaomi #mi #smartphone #marketleader #topbrand #q2 #chinese #global #bangladesh #tech #smartphonemarket #markedium


Aug 30


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It's the first time an Asian person has broken into the top three of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index -- fellow citizen Mukesh Ambani and China's Jack Ma never made it that far.#GautamAdani #Bloomberg #BillionnaireIndex #Global #Markedium


Aug 30


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Shikho the Bangladeshi Ed-tech startup has made it to the prestigious 'Forbes 100 to Watch' list.#Shikho #EdTech #Forbes #100ToWatch #startups #StartupUpdate #Bangladesh #Markedium


Aug 30


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T-Mobile says it’s getting rid of mobile dead zones, thanks to a new partnership with SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet, at an event hosted by T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert and Elon Musk.👉 With their “Coverage Above and Beyond” setup, mobile phones could connect to satellites and use a slice of a connection providing around 2 to 4 Megabits per second connection (total) across a given coverage area.👉 That connection should be enough to let you text, send MMS messages, and even use “select messaging apps” whenever you have a clear view of the sky, even if there’s no traditional service available.#tmobile #spaxex #elonmusk #mikesievert #starlink #ceo #mobile #mms #tech #internet #bangladesh #markedium


Aug 30


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Transcom Electronics Limited (TEL), a leading retailer and distributor, has launched a new branded television in Bangladesh in partnership with Chinese electronics company TCL.👉 The two companies unveiled "ROWA Television" at an event in the Radisson Blu hotel in Dhaka.#rowa #transcom #television #tv #tcl #tel #appliance #enetertainment #bangladesh #markedium


Aug 30


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The country's overall exports to India reached US$1.99 billion in the last fiscal year (FY '22) marking a robust 55 per cent year-on-year growth.👉 Bangladesh shipped goods worth US$1.27 billion to the neighbouring country in the fiscal year 2020-21 or FY '21, according to an Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) data.👉 The FY '22 export earnings surpassed the pre-pandemic level income which was US$1.24 billion in FY '19, the EPB data showed.#bangladeshexport #export #india #increased #epb #shipped #growth #income #bangladesh #markedium


Aug 30


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The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) Bangladesh has recently been named as the market leader in the highest number of three categories in Bangladesh - for ‘Corporate Banking’, ‘Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)’ and ‘Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)’ in a survey done by Euromoney.👉 This survey is an independent assessment conducted by Euromoney, a leading global financial publication, reads a press release. It evaluates the work done by financial service providers across key banking categories and markets.#hsbc #hsbcbangladesh #marketleader #corporatebanking #csr #bank #esr #banking #bangladesh #markedium


Aug 29


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The Real estate business has seen a substantial growth in the small district towns outside the major urban areas of capital Dhaka and commercial hub Chattogram.👉 Reportedly, In 2021 alone, about Tk1,50,000 crore was invested in the housing sector, of which about Tk40,000 crore was spent on building houses in towns outside Dhaka and Chattogram.#Realestate #Data #Bangladesh #Markedium


Aug 27


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The electronics industry in Bangladesh is one of the fastest-growing industries in the country with great potential.Walton , the current market leader in the Bangladesh electronics industry shares a commendable credit for establishing the native market with maintaining the local demand. The company is currently also generating FOREX through exporting electronics products as a first of its kind from Bangladesh to give a significant boost to our country's economy.Mr. Golam Murshed, the CEO of Walton has recently been featured in Bloomberg LP, where he shared his aim to build the company as a pillar of the Bangladesh Electronics industry and become a sustainable global brand.#Walton #ElectronicsIndustry #Bangladesh #Bloomberg #Statement #Pioneer #tech #brand #sustainable #economy #electronics #MarketLeader #CEO #OpinionLeader #Markedium


Aug 27


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Digital wallets are contributing to the decrease in cash use, allowing users to make cashless payments via a portable device such as a mobile phone or smartwatch.Here are the top 10 global mobile payment platform user numbers worldwide in 2022.#Mobile #payment #cashless #Global #Data #Stat #Markedium


Aug 27


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A plant-based coffee creamer from Coffee Mate will soon be available, joining creamers from companies like Silk, Califia Farms, and Oatly. The creamers will go on sale at Walmart in October, and additional grocery shops will start carrying them in January 2023.👉 There has been an increase in demand for plant-based alternatives all over the world for the last 5 years. Sales of plant-based meats and dairy exceeded $29 billion in 2020, according to Food Revolution Network, and are projected to reach $162 billion in ten years.#plantbasedfood #coffeemate #NASCAFE #walmart #almond #oat #global #increase #demand #coffee #PlantBasedProtein #Markedium


Aug 27


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Banks’ lending through their agent banking channels doubled in the financial year 2021-22 as a number of banks started exploring the cost-effective way of banking.👉 Bangladesh Bank data showed that the banks’ lending through the agent banking channel was Tk 5,615.2 crore in July-June of 2021-22, up 109.31 per cent YoY#BangladeshBank #banks #banking #AgentBank #AgentBanking #costeffective #finance #Bangladesh #Markedium


Aug 26


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Lalamove, the leading on-demand delivery platform, launches operations in Bangladesh.👉 Reportedly, since its inception in Hong Kong in 2013, Lalamove has been unceasingly creating value for its 10 million users and 1.8 million driver partners across more than 30 cities in Asia and Latin America.#Lalamove #delivery #NewEntry #logistics #Bangladesh #Markedium


Aug 26


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According to Counterpoint, Bangladesh's smartphone market shipments declined 3% YoY in Q2 2022.👉 The study also showed that Bangladesh's feature phone shipments declined 12% YoY, mainly due to the shift towards smartphones, which resulted in a 9% YoY decline in the country's overall mobile handset market in Q2 2022.👉 In Q2 2022, Xiaomi secured the top spot with 28.8% market share in the smartphone segment and Samsung secured the second spot with a 17.3% market share. vivo took third place with a 10.1% share.👉 Symphony continued to be at the top position in Bangladesh's feature phone market.#smartphone #marketdata #industryupdate #Vivo #Xiaomi #samsung #Symphony #Bangladesh #Counterpoint #Markedium


Aug 26


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Reportedly, Daraz intends to invest Tk 1,000 crore in Bangladesh in the next 3-4 years to ramp up its operation by building infrastructure and ecosystem.👉 Reportedly, Bjarke Mikkelsen, founder & group chief executive officer of Daraz Group, announced the plan marking the e-commerce company's eight years of operation in Bangladesh.👉 In 2014, Daraz began its journey in Bangladesh with just five employees and a website. Today, the e-commerce platform has 7 million customers, 41,000 sellers and numerous partners and stakeholders.#Daraz #BrandUpdate #Bangladesh #Markedium


Aug 25


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Robi currently has the most percentage of its users availing its data service among the other industry players.👉 Reportedly, Robi is now leading the 4G market with 65% of its data users being 4G users.#Robi #Telecom #Data #4g #Bangladesh #Markedium


Aug 25


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Bangladesh's superstar actor Chanchal Chowdhury has joined Bangladeshi education technology startup Shikho ’s most recent campaign “Shikhbo, Jitbo” (Learn to Win).👉 Reportedly, The actor will be promoting this campaign nationwide, bringing the joys of learning to hundreds of thousands of lives.👉 Reportedly, the campaign “Shikhbo, Jitbo” will help every student become a confident learner; real-life examples in course curriculums aim to engage students.#Shikho #Startup #Campaign #Bangladesh #Markedium


Aug 24


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In Q2'2022, TikTok has seen the highest revenue in a quarter ever with a whopping $1.6 billion. What's your thought on this rapid growth of TikTok?According to you what is that one factor that is responsible for TikTok's this enormous growth?#TikTok #Revenue #khabylame #QoQ #Global #BrandTrack #Markedium


Aug 24


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Apple Inc. reportedly plans to begin manufacturing the iPhone 14 in India about two months after the product's initial release out of China.👉 Apple, which long made most of its iPhones in China, is seeking alternatives as Xi Jinping’s administration clashes with the US government and imposes lockdowns across the country that have disrupted economic activity.#Apple #india #BrandUpdate #Markedium


Aug 24


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Uber today has expanded its services to 20 cities, spread across all 8 Divisions in Bangladesh.👉 Uber services are now to be available in Dhaka, Chattogram, Sylhet, Rajshahi, Bogra, Bagerhat, Barisal, Rangpur, Mymensingh, Jashore, Cumilla, Moulvibazar, Nilphamari, Sreemangal, Feni, Dinajpur, Khulna and Cox's Bazar.👉 Additionally, Uber launched Moto recently in Gazipur and Natore, its 19th and 20th cities respectively.👉 Currently, UberMoto is now available in all the 20 cities, UberX in 5 cities, UberPremier in 1 city, UberCNG in 3 cities, Rental in 3 cities, Intercity in 4 cities and UberXL in 2 cities.Source: The Daily Star#Uber #Bangladesh #BusinessExpansion #BrandUpdate #Markedium


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