Page 12 - IBT August 2021 Issue

Word of mouth

A fresh new palette adorns the country’s leading paint
HAPPENING presence of the femme sensation, as well as higher officials
solution manufacturer Berger Paints Bangladesh (BPBL)’s
brand identity, as the eminent model and actress Jaya
Ahsan officially pairs up as the Ambassador for its Luxury
Silk Product. An event held on 15 July 2021 with the
from Berger, has sealed the news that Jaya is going to be
associated as Berger’s Luxury Silk Product face in various
campaigns, engagement sessions, and other promotional
activities for the next 2 years. Mohsin Habib Chowdhury,
Senior General Manager, Sales and Marketing, Berger
Paints Bangladesh, AKM Sadeque Nawaj, General Manager,
Marketing, Berger Paints Bangladesh and Muneer Ahmed
Khan, Managing Director and Creative Chief, Unitrend
Limited were present during the signing ceremony.

Vaccination of garment workers in Gazipur started on 18
July 2021. The vaccination program was inaugurated at
Tusuka Denim Ltd at Konabari in Gazipur. A total of
10,000 garment workers from four factories have been
vaccinated against Covid-19 on the first day of the
vaccination program. The factories are: Sparrow Apparels
Ltd, Rose Sweaters Ltd, Tusuka Denim Ltd and Tusuka
Trousers Ltd. BGMEA President Faruque Hassan, Gazipur
City Corporation Mayor Md. Jahangir Alam, Bangladesh
Country Manager for Marks and Spencer Shwapna
Bhowmick, Gazipur Civil Surgeon Md. Khairuzzaman,
Deputy Commissioner of Gazipur SM Tariqul Islam and
CARE Bangladesh's Country Director Ramesh Singh were
present at the program.

Like previous year, many charity organizations have
been receiving donations through bKash to help the
underprivileged celebrate their Eid festival amid
pandemic. bKash users can contribute to their Eid
celebration through donation while staying at home.
Besides, bKash customers can remain engaged with
various humanitarian activities throughout the year. So
far, 8.75 lakh customers have donated BDT 29 crore to
60 organizations which are helping underprivileged
people to combat the financial crisis during the
pandemic. bKash added a 'Donation' icon to its app so
that people can extend their hands to help the people in
need while staying at home during the pandemic. This
initiative has enhanced the capacity of the charity
organizations to collect donations and enabled the
customers to donate more conveniently.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and
Grameenphone Ltd collaborated to mark the World Youth
Skills Day by organizing a virtual event titled "Get Future
Ready: Need for Skills" on 15 July 2021 to raise
nationwide awareness and take action to support the
nation's need for upskilling youth. Attending the "Get
Future Ready: Need for Skills" webinar as the chief guest
was Planning Minister MA Mannan. Yasir Azman, CEO,
Grameenphone Ltd, presented the keynote paper on "Get
Future Ready". Anir Chowdhury, Policy Advisor of a2i
moderated the panel discussion. Dulal Krishna Saha,
Executive Chairman, NSDA (Secretary), Prime Minister's
Office, Md. Mashiur Rahman, Vice-Chancellor, National
University, Rasheda K Choudhury, Executive Director,
CAMPE, Lotte Kejser, Chief Technical Adviser, ILO
Bangladesh, also spoke during the discussion.

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