PRAN, a leading food processor in Bangladesh, has got good response from the buyers in Gulfood fair-2021, one of the largest food fair in the world. 

The conglomerate bagged good order of biscuit, noodles and confectionary items in the fair amid corona situation, said a press release. 

The five-day fair ended on February 25. About 2500 exhibitors from 85 countries exhibited their products in the fair held at Dubai World Trade Center in UAE. 

This year, PRAN bagged worth of $3.5 million export orders from various organization of 76 countries and their most desired products are biscuit, noodles and confectionery.

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The export order at the products is around 50 percent of the total order. 

Therefore, PRAN has tried to deliver and market its products smoothly across the world amid corona. For this dedication, the importers thanks PRAN for its effort.    

Mizanur Rahman, Executive Director of PRAN Export said, “PRAN bags most spot order from the Europe’s Germany and England, Africa’s Ghana, Mali and South Africa and Yamen from Middle east country. 

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The group displayed around 500 products in 10 categories including juice and beverage, confectionary, snacks, biscuit and bakery, culinary, dairy, spice and frozen items.        

He also added that PRAN participated the fair maintaining proper hygiene and received good response from the participants. Agro processing products have huge demand across the world. 

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PRAN is trying to establish the sector as one of the most important sector for earning foreign currency. The group is now exporting its products regularly in 145 countries around the world.  

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam, High officials of Commerce Ministry and Export Promotion Bureau visited the PRAN’s pavilion and expressed their satisfaction to see the Bangladeshi participant at the fair.

realme, a popular brand among the youth, has launched smartphone with 108 MP camera for the first time in the country.

This interesting feature of the realme 8 series smartphones was unveiled at the online Camera Innovation Event held on Tuesday, said a press release.

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With sharper photo quality, the world’s first tilt-shift time-lapse video, starry time-lapse video and new portrait filters, realme upcoming 8 series will boast this 108MP camera setup which will definitely take the trendsetting photography to a new height and any user will fall in love with its 108 MP camera. 

Equipped with the latest generation of 108MP sensor HM2 as the primary camera, 9-in-1pixel binning, ISOCELL Plus and Smart-ISO, smartphones of realme 8 series will now be able to capture stunning photos with vivid colors and sharp details defying any light barrier.

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In-sensor zoom technology will only use the 12 megapixels mapped with the zoomed part to generate an image. After processing an image with clarity enhancement algorithm, a 3x photo from realme phones will even be better than some optical telephoto lenses in terms of sharpness.

Launched for the first time, realme has come up with an exclusive time-lapse video algorithm based on starry photos. It will take 480s to shoot 30 photos and then generate a 1s time-lapse video, which means the time-lapse mode can show the perpetual changing universes at 480 times faster speed.

Finally, with new portrait filters available in the realme 8 series phones, the youth will never find it difficult to take snaps. realme 8 series phones will be facilitated with three iconic filters - Neon Portrait, Dynamic Bokeh Portrait, and AI Color Portrait to make every shot more trendy and stunning.

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The 108 MP camera of realme 8 series has really set the trend in terms of technology. Tech lovers are speculating that the latest smartphones of 8 series will be launched in the country's market very soon.

As part of its celebrations of Bangladesh’s 50th anniversary of independence, Bangladesh Youth Leadership Center (BYLC) will host Global Youth Climate Summit on March 11-12.

BYLC will host the event in partnership with  California-based Foundation for Climate Restoration, Resilient Markets, and the Centre for Climate Repair at Cambridge, said a press release.

News agency United News of Bangladesh(UNB) will be the media partner of the event.

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Young generation will face the worst effects as the frequency and intensity of climate change events have been increasing.

Through the summit, BYLC will mobilize youth from across six continents, build their leadership skills and empower them with the tools to lead the fight against climate change.

The summit will bring together 500 youth changemakers, aged between 13 and 24, from six continents to launch a Global Youth Commitment, which is a pledge co-created by young people for young people to commit to the actions necessary to avert global climate catastrophe.

It is one single commitment that is relevant for youth from both developing and developed countries. Though it is a global pledge, BYLC is launching it from Dhaka, as Bangladesh is not the only country that is affected by the climate change, but it is at the forefront to fight against it.

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Furthermore, 12 youth climate champions will be competitively selected from the delegates; each of whom will receive a full scholarship to attend a leadership course and a USD 1,000 award for their climate restoration projects.

Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudury, former Chief Scientific and Advisor to the UK Government Sir David King, former Warden of Oxford University’s Keble College Sir Christopher Ball, Founder and Chairman Emeritus of the Foundation for Climate Restoration Peter Fiekowsky, and prominent teen climate activists Alexandria Villasenor and Rebeca Sabnam will speak at the summit among others.

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BYLC is accepting applications for the summit till March 5, 2021. To learn more and apply, visit http://www.bylc.org/climatesummit2021.

Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited has launched a 45 days special campaign titled 'Excellence of Asset, Friendship with Technology, Islami Bank Everywhere' on Monday.

Mohammed Monirul Moula, Managing Director and CEO of the Bank inaugurated the campaign as the Chief Guest at Islami Bank Tower.

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Additional Managing Director Muhammad Qaisar Ali and Md Omar Faruk Khan addressed the function as special guests.

Deputy Managing Director Abu Reza Md Yeahia addressed the welcome speech and Md Mosharraf Hossain presided over the program.

J Q M Habibullah, FCS, Taher Ahmed Chowdhury & A A M Habibur Rahman, Deputy Managing Directors, S. M. Rabiul Hassan, Principal, Islami Bank Training & Research Academy along with senior executives of the bank were present on the occasion. Head of Zones, Head of Branches and more than thousand of employees of the Bank attended the function through virtual platform.

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Mohammed Monirul Moula said “Bangladesh has elevated among the developing countries under the dynamic leadership of the government. Islami Bank has been making continuous contribution to the economic progress of the country through entrepreneurial development, job creation and poverty alleviation. Islami Bank is the top bank in the country in all indicators with a deposit of Tk 1 lakh 21 thousand crore.”

He called upon the employees to work for improving the bank's asset quality and expanding digital services.

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Daraz (https://www.daraz.com.bd/) has recently signed an agreement with renowned motorcycle brand Hero Bangladesh at Nitol Niloy Tower, paving the way for some of Hero’s motorcycles to be available for sale on this online marketplace.

With this signing Daraz (https://www.daraz.com.bd/) has onboarded Hero Bangladesh. From now onwards, all the available Models will be on display for sale at Daraz. Moreover, the all new “Hero Thriller 160” will also be available soon. Bike enthusiasts can buy these models from Daraz with hassle-free payment method & 0% EMI facilities with selected banks, said a press release issued on Monday.

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Daraz’s Managing Director Syed Mostahidal Hoq said, “This is another milestone for both Daraz and Hero Bangladesh. As Hero’s motorcycles are quite popular among cross-sections of people, so we have brought them here at Daraz so that our customers don’t have to run from one outlet to another for their desired product.”

It is mentionable that Hero MotoCorp, which made its debut in Bangladesh for distribution of two-wheeler motorcycles a few years ago, started by rolling out eleven popular motorcycles and scooters to be initially marketed through fifty outlets. It has been a big step in the expansion of Hero MotoCorp in the Asian markets. The list of Hero Bikes in Bangladesh includes the trendy and stylish - Hero Glamour, a power-packed performer - Hero Hunk, and the first bike with i3s technology - Hero Achiever - among other popular Hero motorcycles. A first-of-its-kind initiative, Hero Motorcycles, sold in Bangladesh, is offering a 5-year warranty on all the Hero Bikes.

Now, these mind-blowing motorcycles will be available for purchase at Daraz, which will definitely add to the experience of the shopaholics.

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From Daraz, Md. Ashfaq-Ur-Rahman, Category Lead – Private Label; Md. Saiful Alam Pollob, Category Lead - Automotive & Motorcycles; Annafe Alam, Key Account Executive, Automotive & Motorcycles; Lutfun Naher Pinak, Key Account Executive, Automotive and Motorcycles; and Abdullah Fahim, Key Account Executive, Automotive and Motorcycles, were present at the occasion.

From Hero Bangladesh side, Mr.Nagendra Dwivedi, COO-HNBL Bangladesh ltd; Mr. Abu Aslam, CMO- Niloy Motors Ltd; Mr. Abdullah Rashed, Head of Accounts -Niloy Motors Ltd; Mr. Tanim Quraishi, Head of Corporations Sales-Niloy Motors Ltd; and Mr. Tanvir Adnan, Key Account Manager -Corporate Sales, Niloy Motors Ltd, graced the event with their presence.  

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