Pahlowan Mahbub Haider, a resident from Dhaka, finally won the BMW car in the mega payment campaign of mobile financial service organization ‘Nagad’ after securing the top position with 4, 73, 027 votes cast by its customers across the country.
Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar finally announced the name of the lucky winner Mahbub Haider at a grand event in a five-star hotel in Dhaka on Tuesday.
Minister Jabbar, Founder and Managing Director of Nagad Limited Tanvir A Mishuk and film star Ananta Jalil handed over the vehicle’s key to Mahbub Haider.
In the final stage of the campaign, Nagad got the top 10 out of the 71 shortlisted people through voting.
Sylvia Yaseen from Chattogram secured the second position with 4, 11,813 votes. Saidur Rahaman Sohel from Cox’s Bazar grabbed the third position with 3, 34,099 votes.
In terms of votes, other people in the top-10 list included Md Nasim from Bhola, Abu Sayed Bin Shovon from Cumilla, Sanzida Yasmin Mili from Jashore, Sajjad Ahammad from Noakhali, Nehrin Nosin from Rangpur, Md Wasim Akram from Chapainawabganj and Md Masum Mridha from Barishal.
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A total of 45, 39,055 votes were cast during the campaign.
Winner Mahbub Haider expressed his feelings by saying, “I would consider myself an ambassador of bad luck. But today, I’m speechless and cannot believe my eyes that I have won a BMW car. I might be able to give my reactions tomorrow when I become normal,”
Congratulating the winner, Minister Mustafa as the chief guest said, “From the very beginning, Nagad has been doing one after another wonders. Giving this BMW car as a gift under a payment campaign is the latest one.”
Talking about such a massive arrangement, Tanvir A Mishuk said, “The BMW campaign is not just a campaign; rather it is a big initiative to help the country move towards a Smart Bangladesh.”
“I believe such a payment campaign will play a significant role in establishing a cashless society in Bangladesh,” he added.
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Cricketers Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal and Mushfiqur Rahim congratulated the BMW winner and other participants in separate video messages.
The mega payment campaign, which started in the last week of March and ended on 30 June, has earned a massive response from people across the country. Over the last three months, Nagad’s transactions, mainly in the form of merchant payments and mobile recharge, have reached a record high, riding on this mega BMW campaign.
Through random selection in phases using “Bangla AI”, 71 people out of crores were shortlisted at the end of the campaign. Later, Nagad customers across the country caste vote for their favourite candidates for the BMW car by logging into their Nagad accounts.
Earlier, as part of the campaign, a show titled “Ke Jitbe BMW?” (Who will win BMW?) was telecast on more than one TV channels, with the participation of popular celebrities and social media influencers as guests.
In the final episode, Bangladesh Cricket team’s star cricketer Mushfiqur Rahim was present as the special guest.
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To finalise the list of candidates for the BMW car, in keeping with Mushfiqur’s ODI fifties, 44 people from 37 districts were initially picked using “Bangla AI”. Later, the number was raised to 71 as Mushfiqur suggested that at least one person from each district be included in the final list.