bKash CEO Kamal Quadir (centre) looks on as bdnews24.com Editor-in-Chief Toufique Imrose Khalidi (right) speaks with Ant Financial Executive Chairman and CEO Eric Jing.

Ant Financial Executive Chairman and CEO Eric Jing speaks at a programme marking the signing of a deal with bKash at a Dhaka hotel on Thursday.

bKash CEO Kamal Quadir speaks at a programme marking the signing of a deal on strategic partnership with China-based Ant Financial at a Dhaka hotel on Thursday.

bKash Chairman Shameran Abed speaks at a programme marking the signing of a deal on strategic partnership with China-based Ant Financial at a Dhaka hotel on Thursday.

BRAC founder Fazle Hasan Abed addresses a ceremony marking the signing of a deal between bKash and Ant Financial at a Dhaka hotel on Thursday.

Post, Telecommunication and IT Minister Mustafa Jabbar delivers speech at a ceremony marking the signing of a deal between bKash and Ant Financial at a Dhaka hotel on Thursday.

State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak addresses a ceremony marking the signing of a deal between bKash and Ant Financial at a Dhaka hotel on Thursday.

bdnews24.com Editor-in-Chief Toufique Imrose Khalidi (centre) speaks to State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak (right) at a ceremony marking the signing of a deal between bKash and Ant Financial at a Dhaka hotel on Thursday. ADN Group Chairman Asif Mahmood (left), Brummer and Partners Asset Management Bangladesh CEO Khalid Quadir and Shohoz.com founder Maliha Quadir were also present.

Ant Financial, the Alibaba affiliate that operates payment service Alipay and other digital finance products, signed a deal on strategic partnership with Bangladeshi mobile financial services provider bKash at a Dhaka hotel on Thursday.

Ant Financial, the Alibaba affiliate that operates payment service Alipay and other digital finance products, signed a deal on strategic partnership with Bangladeshi mobile financial services provider bKash at a Dhaka hotel on Thursday.

Director General of the Department of Immigration and Passports Masud Rezwan briefs the media on Thursday on the handover of Tarique Rahman’s passport.

Director General of the Department of Immigration and Passports Masud Rezwan briefs the media on Thursday on the handover of Tarique Rahman’s passport.

Bangladesh Chhatra Union, the student from of the Communist Party of Bangladesh, organises a rally in front of Aparajey Bangla in Dhaka University on Thursday on the occasion of its 66th founding anniversary. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Bangladesh Chhatra Union, the Communist Party's student front, brings out a procession in the city on Thursday on the occasion its 66th founding anniversary. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Nurul Haque Nur, a joint convenor of the quota reform committee under the banner of General Students' Rights Preservation Forum, speaks to the media on Thursday in front of Dhaka University Library. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal brings out a procession in city's Hatirpool area on Thursday demanding the release of BNP chief Khaleda Zia.

RAB detains a JMB operative with militant propaganda books and weapons in Rajshahi.

RAB detains a JMB operative with militant propaganda books and weapons in Rajshahi.

A view of the roundtable titled 'Let's Save Every Newborn: Election Pledge Needed' organised by bdnews24.com in partnership with Unicef in Dhaka on Wednesday.

Clockwise from left at roundtable 'Let's Save Every Newborn: Election Pledge Needed': Unicef Bangladesh Chief of the health section Maya Vandenet, Save the Children Deputy Country Director Ishtiaq Mannan, Unicef Bangladesh Deputy Representative Sheema Sengupta, Director General for Family Planning Kazi Mustafa Sarwar, bdnews24.com Editor-in-Chief Toufique Imrose Khalidi, Health Minister Mohammed Nasim, Director General for Health Services Abul Kalam Azad, UNFPA Representative in Bangladesh Asa Torkelsson, Bangladesh Paediatric Association President Mohammad Shahidullah, and Unicef Bangladesh Health Manager Md Ziaul Matin.

bdnews24.com Editor-in-Chief Toufique Imrose Khalidi moderating the roundtable 'Let's Save Every Newborn: Election Pledge Needed' at the National Press Club in Dhaka on Wednesday.

Prof Abul Kalam Azad, director general of the health services (DGHS), speaks at a roundtable organised by bdnews24.com in partnership with Unicef to find ways to 'keep every newborn alive' in Bangladesh at the National Press Club in Dhaka on Wednesday.

Kazi Mustafa Sarwar, director general for family planning, gives his views at a roundtable organised by bdnews24.com in partnership with Unicef to find ways to 'keep every newborn alive' in Bangladesh at the National Press Club in Dhaka on Wednesday.

At a roundtable organised by bdnews24.com in partnership with Unicef in Dhaka on Wednesday, Health Minister Mohammed Nasim announced the Awami League's election pledges will include cutting child mortality rate to zero.

UNFPA Representative in Bangladesh Dr Asa Torkelsson speaks at a roundtable organised by bdnews24.com in partnership with Unicef to find ways to 'keep every newborn alive' in Bangladesh at the National Press Club in Dhaka on Wednesday.