For long, remittance sent by Bangladeshis working abroad has been the second-largest source of foreign currency earnings for the country (just after ready-made garments export); and has been a sort of lifeline of our overall economy. According to data released by the Bangladesh Bank, the expatriates remitted $15.54 billion in
Month: May 2019
FINTECH PARTNERS WITH BMBAA FOR ADVANCED COLLABORATION
FINTECH, the first ever comprehensive business and technology focused magazine in Bangladesh; has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bangladesh MBA Association (BMBAA), the oldest registered association of MBA-degree holders in the country, to work collaboratively in common interests of the community and industry. The signing ceremony took place at
BANGLADESH’S ZAHEED SABUR BECOMES GOOGLE’S DIRECTOR
Zaheed Sabur joined Google in 2007. On May 2 this year, he was promoted as principal engineer and also a director at Google's Zurich office. Zaheed Sabur has become the first Bangladeshi principal engineer at one of the world’s leading technology companies, Google. As a software engineer at the Google's backend system
DIGITAL ECONOMY FOR A DIGITAL BANGLADESH
‘Digital Economy’ is the worldwide network of economic activities, commercial transactions and professional interactions that are enabled by Information and Communications Technologies (ICT), which was first coined by Don Tapscott in his 1995 best-selling book “The Digital Economy: Promise and Peril in the Age of Networked Intelligence”.It can be concisely
BPO PROMISES OPPORTUNITIES UNLIMITED
BPO or business process outsourcing is a part of the umbrella term outsourcing, which simply stands for a system where the responsibilities of a particular business process can be contracted to a third party service provider. This system was originally associated with manufacturing firms, but over the years that scenario
BANGLADESH CAN PROSPER WITH MORE JOBS FOR WOMEN: WB REPORT
Bangladesh is among the few countries in South Asia that has increased female employment in the last decade cutting the wage gap significantly between men and women and it should keep this momentum to create more gender equality. This was revealed at a new World Bank report released on April 28. The
KONA : YOUR DESTINATION FOR BANK’S SMART CARD
Kona software lab ltd. which is the Dhaka office of Korean smart card manufacturer KONA I is working relentlessly spread the smart card in Bangladesh. Smart card is secured product as it uses cryptography and other related security features. Financial Institutions require certifications from payment brands like MasterCard, VISA etc. to
HYBRID CARS: NOW AND TOMORROW
ASUS ROG ZEPHYRUS S GX531: GAMING NOTEBOOKS TO BE EASY TO LUG AROUND
The new ROG Zephyrus S GX531 sets a new standard for slim gaming laptops with an even thinner design framed by super-narrow bezels. Nobody truly wants to lug around a 4-kilogram powerhouse on their shoulders whilst people can hold the weightless device upon their shoulders easily. Asus, a Taiwan based multinational
