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The new Puma Bangladesh flagship just opened in Dhaka marks the sportswear brand’s largest yet in the country. The 2220sqft location showcasing the firm’s latest performance and sportstyle products is the brand’s first flagship in Dhaka, the largest…
Domino’s Pizza Bangladesh has opened its first store, in the capital city, Dhaka. The store features a new ‘pizza theatre’ design with in-house seating offering a front-row view of pizza-making. More stores are planned later this year. Domino’s Bangladesh is…
DHL Global Forwarding, the leading international provider of air, sea and road freight services, has appointed Fabian Rybka as Cluster Head for DHL Global Forwarding’s operations in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, along with partner operations in Bhutan, Nepal and…
To meet an ever-increasing demand for an engaging retail environment, Tablez India announces the partnership with Build-A-Bear, a global experiential retailer. U.S.-based, customized stuffed-animal retail-entertainment brand Build-A-Bear aims to reach as many…
Bangladesh is battling to keep its position as the world’s second-largest exporter of clothing after China, as it faces intensifying competition from Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar and now African countries like Ethiopia as global brands search for cheap labor.…
Fashion giants H&M and Gap vowed on Tuesday (05/06) to investigate reports that Asian garment workers who supply their high-street stores routinely face sex abuse, harassment and violence. Based on interviews with some 550 workers in 53 H&M and Gap supplier…
The leading mobile financial services provider of Bangladesh, bKash Limited (“bKash”) and Ant Financial Services Group (“Ant Financial”), operator of Alipay, today announced a strategic partnership to promote financial inclusion for the unbanked and…
Hackers who tried to steal nearly US$2 million from India’s City Union Bank this month used tactics similar to those employed in the unsolved cyber heist of US$81 million from Bangladesh’s central bank in 2016, City’s CEO said on Monday (Feb 19). The unknown…
Bangladesh signed an agreement with Indonesia on Sunday (29/01) to open talks on imports of liquefied natural gas, as the South Asian country turns to the supercooled fuel to fill a shortfall of domestic natural gas. A letter of intent was signed between two…
Bangladesh operators Teletalk and Robi Axiata have arranged to share network sites across the country to improve the network experience for their respective customers. The two operators have signed an agreement on the network sharing deal at a meeting this…
Rice prices gained this week in India as Bangladesh continued to lap up the staple grain from its neighbour, while prospects of deals with the Philippines saw rates climb for the first time in three weeks in a relatively quiet Vietnamese market. In Vietnam,…
Sbarro Bangladesh franchise partner Khan Bahadur Foods has opened eight restaurants in Dhaka. It was the first time the US fast-food chain has opened eight locations simultaneously in one city. Sbarro is the first New York-style pizzeria in Bangladesh. With…
Mobile technologies and services generated 6.2% of the GDP of Bangladesh in 2015, a contribution that amounted to around $13 billion of economic value, according to GSMA Intelligence. In the same year, mobile operators and the ecosystem provided employment to…
Cash-strapped Bangladeshi operator CityCell has resumed operations after having its spectrum temporarily reinstated by a Supreme Court ruling. The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) revoked CityCell’s spectrum last month for failing to…
Bangladesh’s oldest mobile operator Citycell is on track to losing its license after failing to pay its required license and related fees. The CDMA-based Citycell had its spectrum revoked last week, and now the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory…
Telenor Health, the digital health unit of the Telenor Group, has introduced a digital health service in Bangladesh. The company’s first digital offering, Tonic, is a mobile-based integrated digital service that includes: Tonic Jibon (life), the first…
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