Luna Shamsuddoha, a leading software entrepreneur in the country, passed away at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore yesterday. The 67-year-old entrepreneur was receiving treatment for cancer at the hospital. Her elder brother Zulfiquar Rahman confirmed it to The Daily Star. Luna was the chairperson of Dohatec New Media, a leading IT, and software company. According to
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Palak urges Japanese investors to set up ODC to recruit Bangladeshi youths The New Nation
Business Desk :
State Minister for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Junaid Ahmed Palak on Tuesday called upon the Japanese investors to establish Offshore Development Centre (ODC) to recruit skilled IT workers from Bangladesh.
He said this while attending as the chief guest at the virtual inauguration programme of Bangladesh Japan B2B IT Business Matchmaking Meeting 2021 , jointly arranged by Bangladesh Embassy in Japan and Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Service (BASIS), said a press release. Bangladesh is currently 34th in the World Economic Forum s Integrated Development Index. By 2030, Bangladesh will be the 24th largest economy in the world, Palak told the webinar. The state minister also said that according to the Oxford International Institute, Bangladesh ranks second in the global online workforce.
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Webinar on Japan-BD online IT (B2B) held The New Nation
An online seminar participated by representatives from more than hundred IT companies of Japan and Bangladesh was organized by the Embassy of Bangladesh in Tokyo was held on Tuesday..
State Minister for ICT Mr. Zunaid Ahmed Palak was present there as chief guest to inaugurate the online B2B meeting which will continue until 05 February 2021.
The State Minister recognized the two-week long online meeting as an excellent opportunity for sharing knowledge and experience among themselves amidst Covid-19 pandemic.
He highlighted the prospects and possibilities of ICT sector of Bangladesh at the seminar.Zunaid also explained the various facilities and supports that the Bangladesh Government was offering to the Investors in the IT sector such as High-Tech Park, Tax benefits, one stop service etc.
Businesses are experiencing an uneven recovery from the pandemic-induced slowdown as larger firms are bouncing back strongly thanks to the easy access to the stimulus packages while the smaller ones are still mired in the crisis.
The large industrial and service sectors have made as much as 80-90 per cent recovery compared to the pre-pandemic level. It is only 30-40 per cent for small and medium enterprises.
Since March, the government has unveiled 21 stimulus packages involving more than Tk 120,000 crore, which is about 4.5 per cent of the GDP of Bangladesh and one of the largest in the world.
Businesses belonging to the large industrial and service sectors have managed loans smoothly, whereas small enterprises have been largely deprived.
Active listening: a key trait for any leader
Mastercard Bangladesh Country Manager Syed Mohammad Kamal says at The Daily Star’s The Chief Executive Show powered by Marico
Syed Mohammad Kamal
Active listening, which requires the listener to fully concentrate and understand with patience before responding, is a key value for any leader, according to Syed Mohammad Kamal, Bangladesh country manager at Mastercard. Be it within your team, organisation, customers or the new generation, if you really listen, something might come up that you never thought before and can bring a right solution, he said.
Kamal believes that a company s top brass must always share information in different layers before taking strategic action.