Electronics giant Walton has introduced another new series of split type air conditioner (AC) named Oceanus, featuring offline voice command function, ultraviolet (UV) care, frost wash and more advanced facilities.

Users can control the AC with a voice command function without using a remote control. This AC is also designed with energy-saving inverter technology.

Walton Hi-Tech Industries Director SM Mahbubul Alam unveiled the AC at the programme "AC Service Experts Meet 2021" in Gazipur on Thursday.

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Ariful Islam, Walton's AC research and development department head, said, "The AC will be in standby mode when power is connected. At this time, saying 'Hello Walton' will turn on the AC's active mode."

"Also, the user will be able to operate the AC with instructions. To set a specific temperature, one will have to say the desired temperature with the command – cool mode."

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"If one says 20 degrees, the AC temperature will be set at 20 degrees. The users will have to say 'AC off,' to turn off the AC," Ariful said. 

"If the users do not give any command for 10 seconds, the AC will go into standby mode. In this case, they will have to turn on the 'Active Mode' again by saying 'Hello Walton'. Another command can be given three seconds after that."

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Also, the new AC's UV Care technology will destroy bacteria and viruses – present in the indoor air. Frost Clean technology will automatically melt the ice inside the AC and take it out.

So, the use and maintenance of this AC will be hassle-free. Walton said. 

E-commerce site Daraz, a concern of Alibaba Group, is going to add another feather to its cap by acquiring the assets of  food delivery service company HungryNaki.

Both the concerns came up with this development in a joint press conference arranged by them at Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC) in the city.

Daraz’s Managing Director Syed Mostahidal Hoq, HungryNaki CEO and Co-founder AD Ahmad and other high officials from both the companies were present at the press conference.

Daraz has taken over most of the tangible and intangible assets of Hungrynaki. However, HungryNaki will keep functioning as usual with all the existing employees and will operate as a separate brand with an independent food delivery platform owned by Daraz directly.

Daraz’s Managing Director Syed Mostahidal Hoq said, “We aspire to be a one stop solution for all our customers’ needs. And getting into the food delivery business is a natural move. HungryNaki is the pioneer in the food delivery business in Bangladesh with a loyal customer base.”

AD Ahmad said, “This is an auspicious moment for all of us because this acquisition by Daraz proves that our e-commerce industry is in an optimistic state. Moreover, this is a positive sign for other local start-ups, and this kind of acquisition will play a full part in the revival of our economy by expediting positive impacts. We will be working with Daraz to make Hugnrynaki a formidable player in the market,”

Founded in 2013, HungryNaki is an app-based food delivery service company. With a network span of a large number of restaurants, cloud kitchen, home kitchen and service extended five cities in Bangladesh; HungryNaki offers on-demand delivery to cross-sections of people.

At the moment, the company is serving more than 500,000 customers across Dhaka, Chattogram, Sylhet, Cox’s Bazar and Narayanganj.

On the other hand, Daraz  is the leading online marketplace in South Asia, empowering tens of thousands of sellers to connect with millions of customers.

Daraz provides immediate and easy access to 10 million products in more than 100+ categories and delivers more than 2 million packages every month to all corners of its countries.

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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.