“Football is one of the biggest and most exciting sports in many parts of the world, including Bangladesh. With the FIFA World Cup 2022™ around the corner, the thrill of watching our favourite teams’ battle it out for the Cup brings immense excitement to me, like to all football fans around the nation.’’ said the Captain of the Bangladesh national football team Jamal Bhuyan  on a recent occasion arranged in the capital by Visa; the official payment services partner of FIFA 2022. The occasion was arranged to announce the winners of its FIFA World Cup 2022™ campaign, who got the chance to watch the Qatar finals of the FIFA World Cup 2022™ live. However, the Mega prize winner was Mangal Chandra Halder from Barisal. 10 more winners were also handed over exclusive shopping vouchers from leading merchants.

Through a new campaign "Amrao Porte Chai" - Baap ka Beta is trying to provide about 1 year of study equipment for about 2000 underprivileged children and also to connect the most neglected and underprivileged children of society with the children of the different upper class and capable families of the society to reduce discrimination and inequalities a little bit. However, through these initiatives, both parties can learn the harsh realities of our society.

North South University (NSU) and Japan’s University of Miyazaki jointly organised the inauguration ceremony of Bangladesh-Japan ICT Engineer’s Training Program (B-JET) Center yesterday at NSU’s premises.

Marking the 13th anniversary of the British American Resource Center, a 5-kilometre mini-marathon race for the students was arranged. Around 80 participants attended this event. Mohammad Zubaer Mollah became the champion and Arifur Rahman became the 1st Runner-up.

Popular online food and grocery delivery platform foodpanda added a new feature in their app “tip your rider” so that consumers can pay tip online.   

A three-day 15th general conference of Association of the Universities of Asia and the Pacific (AUAP) was held in Dhaka.

North South University (NSU) and Grameenphone have jointly organised the inauguration of a programme on “GP Academy: Campus TownHall”.

British Charity called Transform Trade (legally known as Traidcraft Exchange) inaugurated their first women-run community store called ‘Shodaipati’ at Bakoshpul Bazar of Manirampur Upazilla in Jashore District, Bangladesh on 10 November 2022.  This is the first of 100 targeted rural community stores which will be run and managed collaboratively by rural female entrepreneurs in the northern, southern and central regions of Bangladesh. Around 500+ people attended the event as guests which included local influential, FMCG distributors, public officials, community members etc.

Dan Cake today announced the launching of its new product line under the category name “Breakfast Solutions” for Bangladeshi consumers in a press meet held at Pan Pacific Sonargaon hotel on November 12, 2022. Mr Firoz Ahmed, Chief Operating Officer of Dan Foods Ltd unveiled the 3 products “Milk Bread, Tortilla Ruti and Croissant” in front of the present journalists.

Canadian University of Bangladesh is offering a 50% discount at its Admission Fair, which started on 13th November and will end on 19th November. Vice-Chancellor of Canadian University of Bangladesh, Professor Dr HM Zahirul Haque inaugurated the fair.

Metlife Bangladesh and North South University (NSU) will operate a series of programmes under a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the benefit of the university’s researchers and students.

Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) has launched the Sasheen Center for Multilingual Excellence (SCMLE) and the Center for Endangered Languages (CEL). Mr K M Khalid, MP, State Minister for Cultural Affairs, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, inaugurated the two centres as the Chief Guest during a program held at the IUB campus in the capital’s Bashundhara R/A on Tuesday, November 15, 2022.

The 15th General Conference of "Association of the Universities of Asia and the Pacific" (AUAP) was held in Dhaka. On the last day of the three-day conference, more than 100 MoUs were signed among about 30 universities. The closing ceremony was organised at Daffodil Smart City in Ashulia, Dhaka. The MOUs focused on student and faculty exchange, development of academic and research programs together, sharing and twinning of courses. 

Expert physicians have urged people to share more knowledge on a healthy diet and physical exercise to protect from diabetes in future during a discussion meeting held at BIRDEM Ma o Shishu Hospital in the capital on Monday.

The two-day workshop for officials of various ministries and departments to raise awareness on responsible business standards and their implications on domestic law and policymaking, organised by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), with support from Sweden, ended on 14 November.

The Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) organised a training session for Foodpanda’s home chefs and restaurant owners of Sylhet to improve hygiene standards while preparing food and its packaging for consumers.

EC Organic Products Ltd. has developed and launched three distinct types of Olive Oils, manufactured under the supervision of a Master olive oil specialist from Italy.

An Inter Club Sports Competition named 'Gulshan Club Olympiad-2022' was held from the 7th to November 12th, 2022 for the second time under the initiative of the Gulshan Club Limited. The closing ceremony of the program was organised on the 12th of November 2022, at Gulshan Club Auditorium.

Shanta Securities inaugurated its new branch at Ayub Trade Center, Agrabad, Chittagong on 14 November 2022.

A day long scientific conference was held recently. The main theme of this conference was ‘Transformation of stroke care in Bangladesh’, ‘Rapid response stroke care (Management of Hyper acute stroke and further prevention)’ and ‘Time is brain & door to needle approach: Saving lives and prevent disabilities’ which was hosted by Planetary Health Academia (PHA) in the grand Sylhet.