The Department of English and Humanities (DEH) at the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) arranged a webinar on "Theory and Practice in Applied Linguistics and TESOL: Future Directions," on May 29, 2021, featuring Prof. Shaila Sultana, Advisor, Center for Language Studies and Adjunct Faculty, DEH, and Dr. Syeda Farzana Sultana, Assistant Professor, DEH, ULAB.

North South University has made an agreement with CANVAS, which is world-renowned as a Learning Management System (LMS). World-renowned universities such as Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Oxford, and Cambridge have been using CANVAS teaching methods for a long time. With the introduction of this system, North South University will be the only university in Bangladesh to use the "CANVAS Learning Management System." It will be possible for students, teachers, administration, and parents to formulate, preserve, conduct classes, evaluate in different ways openly and transparently using this integrated platform. CANVAS is a student, teacher, parent, and management-friendly system that works online and in the classroom.

Country’s leading ICT conglomerate Daffodil Family launches 'Virtual Gate'-the first ever 3D virtual events platform in Bangladesh. The platform was jointly developed by Daffodil Computers Limited and Spiral World Malaysia. Technical support provided by Multimedia and Creative Technology Department of Daffodil International University. The platform features with seminar rooms, exhibition areas, plenary sessions, plenary areas, networking areas, education fairs and a variety of stalls. Beside these, any organization willing to provide information virtually can use this platform.

In an effort to increase the need and open a new door to healthcare, DocTime has brought fully digital telemedicine services to Bangladesh. In this app, a patient can find a doctor from various ranges of registered physicians, get consultation on video call by paying the consultation fee. At the end of the consultation, the doctor immediately uploads the e-prescription which the patient can download from the App.

Born on January 5, 1937, Abdul Monem was a veteran civil engineer, an industrialist, and an entrepreneur. His contributions to our country in construction, global branding, and technological transformation are paramount. Apart from all this, he is known for his honesty, integrity, and ethics. He passed away on May 31, 2020, from a stroke, leaving behind his wife and his five children.

There is no alternative to raising social awareness among guardians to ensure menstrual hygiene for the sound health of girls, speakers told a meeting on Friday.

ActionAid Bangladesh and Dhrubotara Youth Development Foundation (DYDF) jointly organized a virtual dialogue on the national budget on May 29, 2021, ActionAid Bangladesh and Dhrubotara Youth Development Foundation (DYDF) organized the dialogue with policymakers, CSO’s, economists and youth for increasing allocations for youth sectors in the national budget 2021-22. Youth participants in the discussion also demanded special allocations for youth, unemployment allowance and easy loan process for entrepreneurs, special budget for minority communities like- Adivasi community, physically challenged youth, LGBTQI community, etc .

Arla Foods Bangladesh Limited, the local subsidiary of Danish multinational dairy cooperative Arla Foods, and the producer of the country’s beloved milk powder brand DANO for 60 years, has recently received the prestigious Food Safety System Certification (FSSC) 22000 (Version 5). Authorized by SGS, which is the world's leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company, Arla Foods Bangladesh is the only powder milk supplier in Bangladesh to be awarded this certification.

Evaly, which has recently become an e-commerce giant in the country, is now entering the business of travel. They have acquired Flight Expert— one of the market leaders in the travel agency industry.

Country’s premier furniture brand HATIL is opening new showrooms one after another. They opened their latest one on 28th May 2021 in Dhanmondi, Dhaka. This new one is at Shimanto Shomvar Shopping Complex 2nd Floor, Road-02, Dhanmondi-1209. This spacious 4,800 feet showroom has wide collections of home furniture, office furniture, kitchen and doors. The showroom will remain open every day except for Tuesday from 10.00 AM to 8.00 PM with proper hygiene system.

DPS STS School, Dhaka (Delhi Public) has welcomed Dr Shivananda CS, an academician with several years of enriching experience in education, as its new principal.

Valor of Bangladesh, a platform dedicated to bringing together country leaders from all possible sectors, recently started its journey. Its debut endeavor, ‘Strategy Summit 2021’ with the theme ‘In pursuit of A Better Tomorrow’, presented by Mutual Trust Bank, powered by IPDC Finance, supported by Ispahani Group, in association with Zahedee Foundation, featured 12 sessions, each of them featuring a crucial topic relevant to Bangladesh’s future with national icons shedding light upon them. One of them was youth transformation, which had Lighthouse Bangladesh as panel associate.

Football sensation and Bangladesh national team skipper, Jamal Bhuyan continues to be the brand ambassador for Sprint Active for the second consecutive year. In a signing ceremony organized at Intercontinental Hotel, Dhaka on 19th May 2021, he signed the agreement contract in presence of officials from Apex including Ibn Abu Zaed, Head of Brands, Md. Jashim Uddin, Assistant Manager (Brand & Marketing), and Pranta Chandra Shil, Brand Executive.

The celebration will gather together leading marketing experts in a one-day conference to share global insights about the marketing industry, with keynote speeches, real-life case studies, and interactive sessions with Q&As. Mr. Prof. Boojong Kim, President AMF will start the day with his opening remarks. Father of modern marketing Philip Kotler will address the participants of the conference. Harmawan Kartajaya, Founder of AMF will share the keynote on the theme of marketing day. The Conference will also have Prof. Yongjin Kim, President, Asia Council for Small Business (ACSB) for the 2nd keynote session of the day.

Imo has recently introduced a new feature ‘Multiple Account Support,’ where users can seamlessly switch between multiple accounts using one handset and log in to their respective Imo account safely and seamlessly. The new feature, specifically launched for Bangladeshi users, enables individuals and families that share one mobile device to access their Imo accounts with greater ease.

Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Business Network (SBN) Bangladesh co-convened by Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) has launched an innovation challenge for rising youth entrepreneurs to bring disruptive innovation in the urban food system titled as ‘Food Frontiers, Urban Food System Innovation Challenge, 2021’. The application submission will end on 3rd June, 2021. The winners of this competition will get pre-seed funding of a maximum of USD 15000 to implement their business ideas through grant and infrastructure support.

The 1st Extra Ordinary General Meeting (EGM) of Taufika Foods and Agro Industries Ltd. was held on 24th May 2021 through virtual platform.

Bangladeshi medicine delivery startup Arogga has secured $200k seed funding from new angel investors, and follow-on investment from Dubai-based Falcon Network.

Realme has launched the new Realme 8 Pro along with Buds Air 2 & Buds Air 2 Neo – through an online launch event on 24 May 2021.

upay, a leading mobile financial service provider in the country today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Land facilitating the citizens of Bangladesh to pay different land-related fees through upay.