International Beverages Private, a subsidiary of The Coca-Cola Company, recently won the National Productivity and Quality Excellence Award 2020 in the food sub-category under large industry. Every year, the National Productivity Organisation, under the Ministry of Industry, gives out the award to organisations and companies that contribute to the economy through creating employment opportunities and promoting technological innovations. This year, Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun handed out the award to 26 firms in five categories and the "Institutional Appreciation Award 2020" to one trade body as recognition of their contribution to the industrial sector. READ: Coca-Cola supports economic empowerment of marginalised women Tapas Kumar Mondal, managing director of International Beverages Private, said: "As a 100 percent foreign direct investment, we have been investing in Bangladesh and creating multi-faceted economic inclusion through sustainable practices, job opportunities, and youth skill development."  "We are delighted that our contribution has been recognised, and it will encourage us to do more for the society and the country."  Marcelo Boffi, president of The Coca-Cola Company's Bottling Investments Group, said: "We work with our supply chain to continuously improve sustainable and ethical sourcing practices, including a continued commitment to human rights. I am glad that all our initiatives and values are appreciated and recognised at the national level in Bangladesh."

Youth-centric smartphone brand realme presented its customers and visitors at the three-day Smartphone and Tab Expo 2022 with a new experience. Held in the capital's Bangabandhu International Conference Centre from January 6-8, the expo opened up scope for realme to showcase its innovation excellence and cutting-edge manufacturing technology. The visitors had 5G experiences at the realme booth. They enjoyed lively 8K videos from YouTube seamlessly at 5G speed. READ: Realme launches GT 2 Series globally Tuesday As the entire expo was powered by 5G, realme showcased its 5G phones – that are available in the market – realme GT NEO 2, GT Master Edition and realme 8 5G. Among the key attractions at the realme booth were the brand's AIoT products. The AIoT products displayed at the booth were realme Pad – 3/32GB and 4/64GB, N1 Sonic Electric Toothbrush, realme Smart Cam 360°, realme Buds Q2, realme Buds Classic, realme Buds Air 2, realme Buds Wireless 2, realme Buds 2 Neo, realme Buds Wireless 2 Neo and Pocket Bluetooth Speaker. Read Best Upcoming Smartphones in Bangladesh in February 2022 Tim Shao, managing director of realme Bangladesh, said: "The whole nation is now ready to embrace the benefits of lightning-fast 5G networks, and we felt that it was time we enable our customers here with suitable gadgets at reasonable price ranges." "Thanks to the organisers of Smartphone and Tab Expo 2022 – we need more and more initiatives like this to make people aware of what possibility 5G and AIoT holds for them in the near future."