Walton Hi-Tech Industries achieved a new milestone in the sales of its electrical appliances including, elevators, fans, LED lights, and switch sockets in March this year. It recorded sales worth Tk127 crore under its brands Walton, Marcel and Safe – the highest for the company in a month. Also, Walton registered 52 percent sales growth in electrical appliances in the fiscal year 2020-21 compared to the previous one, according to the company. Also read: Walton brings new Printon printers Walton Electrical Appliances CBO Sohel Rana said: "While maintaining growth its current momentum, Walton has set a target of selling electrical products worth Tk3,000 crore by 2026." Walton Hi-Tech Industries Managing Director and chief executive officer, Golam Murshed said: "Electrical appliances have a huge market in Bangladesh." "Our research and innovation and sales team are working relentlessly to supply products according to the demands of customers." Also read:'Product quality, competitive price driving Walton's export success'

Police in India have detained a man and a woman alleged to be involved in the offering for sale of prominent Muslim women on a fake online auction website, according to government officials, in a case that has sparked outrage across the country. The cyber unit of the Mumbai Police detained the two suspects following a complaint from one of the targeted woman. It wasn’t clear whether the two created the website. Police brought charges against the man, a 21-year-old engineering student, and said they were investigating the woman further. READ: Indian Muslims face stigma, blame for surge in infections Photographs of more than 100 prominent Indian Muslim women, including journalists, activists, film stars and artists, were displayed last weekend without their permission on a website and put up for fake auction. The women listed on the website also included the 65-year-old mother of a disappeared Indian student and Pakistani Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai. The website, which was taken down within 24 hours, was called “Bulli Bai,” a derogatory slang term for Indian Muslims. Though there was no real sale involved, the Muslim women listed on the website said the auction was intended to humiliate them, many of whom have been vocal about rising Hindu nationalism in India and some of the policies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The website was hosted on GitHub, a San Francisco-based coding platform. A company spokesperson said GitHub had taken down the user account that had hosted the website on its platform, and that it would cooperate with investigating authorities. The fake auction unleashed outrage on Twitter after complaints from the victims, with several women posting screenshots after finding their photos listed on the website. Women rights groups and politicians from opposition parties urged the governing Bharatiya Janata Party to take action against online harassment of Muslim women, prompting Indian technology minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to promise strict measures. Police in at least three states said they have opened investigations into the incident and filed criminal complaints against developers of the website, based on the complaints of the targeted women. This is not the first time Muslim women were listed on a fake auction website. Last June, a similar website called “Sulli Deals,” also a derogatory term for Muslim women, was created for the same purpose. That website remained online for weeks and was only taken down by authorities after complaints from victims. Police opened an investigation into that case, but no one was arrested. Indian women, particularly Muslims, have often found themselves the target of hate and abuse on social media platforms, including Twitter. Outspoken Muslim women, including journalists and activists and those critical of Modi and his Hindu nationalist party, have received threats of rape and violence. READ: Modi says Indian Muslims had nothing to fear in new law Many of the victims say the fake auction website is the latest attempt to intimidate them. Khadija Khan, a lawyer and journalist with Bar & Bench website, said she received a Twitter notification on New Year’s Eve that informed her she was tagged in a tweet that displayed her picture as part of the fake auction. The account has since been suspended. Khan’s initial reaction was to report the tweet and block the user, dismissing it as spam. But she soon received messages from her friends and colleagues who confirmed to her that she was also on the list. “My initial reaction was indifference and dismissal because we are used to daily trolling but by the next day, it had turned into shock and horror. Realizing what it actually was gave me nightmares,” Khan said. Khan found support from her family and colleagues, but the incident left her shaken. “It’s a message that ‘Look! We can brazenly humiliate and sell Muslim women online and still go scot free while they are still vying for some modicum of justice,’” Khan said.

Daraz Bangladesh , a concern of Alibaba Group and one of the country’s large  online marketplaces,  announced on Thursday that it is hosting  its biggest one-day sale Eleven Eleven (11.11) campaign for the 4th consecutive time. A press conference was organized at the Harmony Hall, Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC) in the capital, where the company announced the details of the campaign. The mega campaign will begin on November 11 and will be active for only 24hours, and it will comprise more than twenty-five million products at massive discounts, alongside numerous attractive offers including ‘Mystery Box,’ ‘Surprise Voucher,’ ‘1 Taka Game,’ ‘Thousands Taka Discount,’ ‘Shake Shake-Seller Double Taka Voucher,’ ‘Flash Sale,’ ‘Big buy win,’ ‘11’o’Clock Deals,’ and ‘Add to Cart’ Giveaway.