A two-day long boot camp titled ‘Hardware Manufacturing Plan Readiness & Preparation’ was held at a resort in the district on Tuesday.
ICT Business Promotion Council (IBPC) and Bangladesh Computer Society (BCS) jointly organized the training session.
BCS General Secretary Kamruzzaman Bhuyian gives welcome speech in the function.
BCS president Engineer Subrata Sarkar inaugurated the camp.
Among others, BCS Vice-president Rashed Ali Bhuyian, Sony Corporation Managing Director Habibur Rahman, PC Garden chief executive Ahsanul Alam, Sinoco BD Director Zillur Rahman Sohel, Halima Group Chairman Abul Kalam Hasan Tagar, Kemen Indo Bangla Cable Private Limited Director Ashik Kumar and Raka Industries Private Limited Managing Director M Nazrul Islam spoke in the function.
Three-day “Blockchain Olympiad Bangladesh-2022” is going to begin today (Monday, June 6, 2022) with the theme “Inspiring Empowerment and Innovation.”
Planning Minister MA Mannan is expected to inaugurate the Olympiad as the chief guest on June 6 at 10 am at Krishibid Institution (KIB) auditorium.
Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) informed this at a press conference held at the BCC auditorium, ICT Tower in the city’s Agargaon on Sunday.
The three-day event will include awards ceremony, and seminars on blockchain.
State Minister for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Zunaid Ahmed Palak will be the chief guest at the closing ceremony to be held on June 8.
Banglalink, one of the leading digital communications services providers in the country, will observe Ethics and Compliance Week 2022 starting tomorrow. The five-day program aims to uphold the principles of ethics and compliance embedded in Banglalink’s corporate culture.
According to a press release, a series of educative and awareness-raising activities will be carried out for Banglalink employees, partners, and stakeholders as part of this program.
Banglalink emphasizes maintaining ethical conduct and practices in all aspects of its operations on a continual basis without any exception or compromise. This year, the slogan is “Ethics and compliance starts with me”.
During the week, Banglalink employees will attend workshops on ethics and compliance conducted by the organization’s senior leaders. There will be sessions to exchange views and renew commitments for ethical conduct.
Various activities have been planned throughout the week to improve engagement and induce thought and self-realization at all levels, as Banglalink believes that compliance is everyone’s responsibility. The activities will include puzzles, quizzes, logo, and slogan creation competitions. The business partners will also be invited to share their compliance practices. It will be followed by a panel discussion to have an open and candid exchange of views on ethics and compliance in business.
Muniruzzaman Sheikh, chief ethics and compliance officer at Banglalink, said: “Banglalink has established its brand identity as a leading compliant and ethical organization. We want to keep raising our standards, which is not possible without the active participation of our employees and stakeholders. Ethics and Compliance Week 2022 is a part of our endeavour to ensure a transparent atmosphere where everyone feels encouraged to grow while remaining ethical and compliant.”
Ogrogami Panel has announced its manifesto ahead of the upcoming e-CAB elections. The announcement was made at a city hotel on Thursday night.
Two most successful entrepreneurs in the e-commerce and logistics sector of the country respectively - Ambareen Reza, Co-founder and Managing Director of foodpanda Bangladesh and Shahriar Hasan, Co-founder and Chief Executive of Paperfly Limited, unveiled the manifesto of Ogrogami Panel in presence of journalists. In addition to expanding the scope of professional development and institutional support for members, the manifesto emphasizes cross-border policy and popularization of digital payments for the expansion of the e-commerce sector.
Stakeholders from tech sector, including members of Ogrogami Panel, were present during the announcement of manifesto. Leading panel members are: Shomi Kaiser (Dhansiri Digital), Mohammad Abdul Wahed Tamal (Computer Jagat), Mohammad Sahab Uddin Shipon (Diabetes Store), Nasima Akter (Revery), Asif Ahnaf (Breakbyt), Mohammad Saidur Rahman (Digital Hub), MD Ruhul Kuddus Chhotan (Focus Frame), Shahriar Hasan (Paperfly) and Ambareen Reza (foodpanda).
The e-Commerce Association of Bangladesh (e-CAB) election will be held on June 18. There are 795 voters in this election.
Various initiatives will be taken to provide priority services to the members and improve their skills. In addition, Ambareen Reza announced the establishment of a startup academy and incubation center to develop the startup ecosystem; in the process, take new entrepreneurs forward in the e-commerce sector. It will be the job of the startup academy to increase the global connectivity of local startups, connect them with investors and make them more efficient through various types of training. In short, all kinds of support and mentorship will be provided for a startup to move forward globally.
Shahriar Hasan, Co-founder of Paperfly, raised the issue of entrepreneur-friendly policies and promised to take necessary steps to formulate entrepreneur-friendly policies. In addition, discussions and workshops will be organized for entrepreneurs to keep them aware of digital security. Above all, the entrepreneur promises that e-CAB will play a leading role in taking the e-commerce companies of Bangladesh to the world market within the next four years.