Every morning Sharmin Shila heads to her office in Gulshan-1 from Bashabo.

BRAC IT Services Limited, biTS in short, is a proud member of the eminent BRAC family and is one of the leading IT solution & service providers in Bangladesh specialising in providing a wide range of software solutions & end to end technology service management.

Throughout the years, information technology has penetrated the lives of millions of people all over the world. Bangladesh is no exception to this phenomenon.

Eighteen participants are taking part in the Industry 4.0 zone to showcase their work in artificial intelligence, Machine learning, Internet of Things and other high tech stuff.

BASIS has constantly supported and pushed for improvements in the tech scene of Bangladesh and helped local developers and engineers break through various barriers.

Technology is changing rapidly in today's world. Our dependency on technology is increasing day by day.

Aplectrum Solutions started its journey with a vision to become a premium name in software industry of Bangladesh.

Founded in 2006 by a group of BUET graduates, Brain Station-23 is now one of the most prominent names in the IT sector of Bangladesh. We recently interviewed the trio running the show – Mr. Raisul Kabir, Mr. Mizanur Rahman and Mr. MJ Ferdous.

BJIT started its journey on 1 July 2001 in Dhaka, Bangladesh with a team of 10 engineers. Later BJIT Inc was founded in Japan as a group company of BJIT Group.

In expediting the economic development of the country, there is no alternative to increasing Value Added Tax (VAT) revenue collection.

The SheTrades initiative aims to connect three million women to market by 2021. The initiative brings together stakeholders around the world to work on seven actions to address trade barriers and create greater opportunities for women entrepreneurs.

Synesis IT ltd is a CMMI level 03 certified company, with over 350 employees that's' been working for over 12 years with clients such as the Government, private sector and corporates to provide value driven solution to their problems with the help of information technology.

The journey started with the personal philosophy to somehow contribute to the development of Bangladesh.

Define Innovation! From the very beginning of his life, this buzz word resonated in the mind of Hitoishi Chakma.

While science fiction novels have moved on to imagining lunar cities where people travel on hoverboards, Bangladeshi women can still barely imagine a place where half of its population isn't constantly discriminated against. No one here dreams of hoverboards—they just want good buses they can get on without being groped or having their wallets stolen.

Women have always played a pivotal role in the development of the country but women from the underprivileged class especially have not always been featured strongly in the country's success narratives. The Daily Star, in association with IPDC Finance Limited, has undertaken an initiative to honour these unsung heroes of the nation and provide them with a platform where their inspirational stories will be celebrated.

What does a woman need to get out of an abusive situation?

Innovations in policies, management, finance, science and technology are increasingly recognised as a way to accelerate the

“Teaching is best suited to women because the job is less demanding.”

Like the previous years, we are celebrating our 28th anniversary with yet another colourful, well-illustrated 200-page special