Winrock International’s Ashshash project, supported by the Embassy of Switzerland in Bangladesh, brought together survivor-turned micro-entrepreneurs, market actors, financial institutions and policy leaders at a conference in Dhaka. The National Women Entrepreneurs’ Conference 2025 was a landmark event designed to amplify the economic reintegration of trafficking survivors and accelerate the …
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Toyota Bangladesh opens 1st showroom
Toyota Bangladesh Limited, the newest arm of Japanese automotive giant Toyota Tsusho Corporation, inaugurated its first showroom on Wednesday in Dhaka’s Tejgaon Industrial Area. The launch marks the company’s initial step toward expanding its presence in the country, officials said. At the ceremony, Premmit Singh, managing director of Toyota Bangladesh …
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PRAN–RFL group which announced venturing into the highly-competitive handset market early this year, is set …
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