A four-day software exposition, titled BASIS Softexpo 2023, will kick off in Dhaka on Thursday aiming at highlighting the latest technological innovations and ICT capabilities of Bangladesh to the world. With the slogan WELCOME TO THE SMARTVERSE, BASIS SoftExpo 2023, the country ever largest digital exhibition and one of the biggest exhibitions of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector in South Asia, will be held on February 23 to 26, 2023 at Bangabandhu Bangladesh China Friendship Exhibition Center, Purbachal in the capital. Speaker of Bangladesh Parliament Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury is expected to inaugurate the exhibition on February 23. Besides, Mustafa Jabbar, minister for Posts and Telecommunications of Bangladesh, State Minister for ICT Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak, are scheduled to attend as special guests. The announcement was made at a press conference titled BASIS Softexpo 2023, organised by Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) at a city hotel on Sunday. Chaired by Russell T. Ahmed, president of BASIS, Abu Daud Khan, convener of BASIS Softexpo 2023 and BASIS vice president (Admin), on behalf of IFIC Bank Limited, the platinum sponsor of BASIS Softexpo 2023, Deputy Managing Director and Head of International Division of IFIC Bank Limited Syed Mansur Mostafa, were present at the event. The capacities of Bangladesh information technology sector will be highlighted through various programmes in this information technology exhibition. Highlighting the SoftExpo, Russell T Ahmed said the exposition in the IT sector being held is unprecedented in the country history as such large-scale fair was never held in the country in the past. The private sector can play a significant role in implementing the vision of Smart Bangladesh, Ahmed said, adding that continued efforts of local IT companies contributed to the realisation of the dream of Digital Bangladesh. The organisers expect that through this event foreign investors will be encouraged to invest more in our IT sector. As a result, Bangladesh will go ahead several steps towards achieving the target of US$ 5.0 billion export earnings by 2025”, they said.
OPPO has just launched its latest addition to the Reno series – OPPO Reno8 T in the Bangladesh market through an event held yesterday at International Convention City Bashundhara (ICCB). Along with other high officials from OPPO, all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan also graced the launching event with his presence to spread the aspiration for exploration of passion!
Reno8 T comes bearing a 100MP portrait camera, for the first time in the Reno Series in Bangladesh, allowing users to capture the beauty of Bangladesh, in portrait with exceptional clarity. With numerous other state-of-the-art features like cutting-edge Fiberglass-Leather Stitch Design, 48-Month Fluency Protection, certified SGS Eye Care Display and 5,000mAh battery, OPPO Reno8 T is priced at BDT 32,990 only.
OPPO Reno8 T has undergone complete upgradation to deliver new experiences in imaging, design and performance. Offering a 100MP Portrait Camera and 40x Microlens, OPPO Reno8 T is all set to empower users to explore their passion for photography and capture stunning, professional-quality portraits. The camera also houses a 2MP depth camera for vivid details and a 32MP front camera for the amazing selfies. Alongside other remarkable imaging features like Bokeh Flare Portrait, Selfie HDR and AI Portrait Retouching, OPPO users can now take their photography to the new next level.
OPPO Reno8 T is available in two glorious colors; Sunset Orange and Starry Black. The Sunset Orange color of new OPPO Reno8 T features a Fiberglass-Leather Stitch Design that uses a new technique to enable the removal of plastic edging, resulting in a cover that is lighter and thinner than traditional leather-like battery covers. This design creates a premium experience through a unified design brought by more rounded edges without sacrificing durability. The Starry Black color of OPPO Reno8 T boasts the OPPO Glow Technique that gives the handset a silky-smooth touch.
The phone comes with customizable Orbit Lights which offer five different notification settings that can be personalized with different colors. In terms of the outlook, Reno8 T boasts an Ultra-Slim Body Design, resulting in a stunningly elegant design that is suitable for everyone! Moreover, with the upgraded ColorOS 13, 90Hz refresh rate and 5,000mAh battery with 33W SUPERVOOC, the device offers a super powerful and seamless smartphone experience.
Damon Yang, Managing Director of OPPO Bangladesh Authorized Exclusive Distributor, said, “OPPO Reno Series is already extremely popular and trusted by over 70 million users across the world. Reno8 T is primarily for young people with artistic minds who are open to trying out new things in life. This Series is a culmination of light and exquisite design, leading portrait camera technologies and long-lasting fluent performance. In a similar manner, OPPO Reno8 T will be providing professional technologies to tackle the key demand of the users by allowing them to record their passion. We hope the new arrival in the Reno series, the OPPO Reno8 T, will empower the users with all that they need to explore endless possibilities.”
OPPO Reno8 T is now available for pre-orders. Customers opting for the pre-order will receive exclusive Reno8 T gift box, three month of free screen replacement and internet bundle offer. OPPO users will also get BDT 5,000 extra value while availing the exchange offer!
On Sunday, Bangabandhu Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Center located in the eastern part of the capital was swarming with thousands of job seekers from early morning. IT graduates and IT professionals started coming from different universities of the country. Individuals registered in the IT company of their choice. Finally, companies conducted interviews based on the qualifications and skills of the aspirants.
Such was the scene at the ‘ICT Career Camp and Job Fair’ on the closing day of the fourth-day ‘BASIS SoftExpo 2023’ exhibition organized by the Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS).
This fair is supported by the top job website bdjobs.com to recruit IT professionals for 500 positions. IT graduates and IT professionals from various universities of the country apply for jobs in the fair. 102 employer IT organizations participated. About five thousand job aspirants participated in this job fair.
Prokash Roy Chowdhury, Marketing Director of BdJobs.com, said about the organization of the fair, there are a lot demand of skilled IT professionals in the growing IT organizations of the country. we organized this fair keeping in mind the needs of the industry. Top 102 IT companies of the country have joined this fair to recruit IT professionals for 500 positions. It is a paperless job fair. Candidates can scan the QR code of the organization they are applying for and get the details of that organization. Candidates are going there and applying. Then the companies selected candidates and interviewed in series.
In the job fair, 102 employers including Ecologics Limited, WP Developers, Essential Infotech, Magnus Corporation, Divine IT Limited, Intercloud Limited, Tikon Systems, E-Farmer, Estate BD, Agroshift, Biz Solutions Limited, Future Cloud BD participated in the stalls. The registered trainees are interviewed directly by the companies.
SyedaShatarupa Zafar has completed her Master’s Degree in HR Human Resource Management from North South University (NSU). Currently he is working in Bond Stein Tech Limited. He is the exhibitor of her company at BASIS IT Jobs Fair.
She said that IT jobs fair is very fruitful for new job seekers. Here they can directly contact the representative of the company. Also get a proper understanding of the technology market needs. They are getting the facility of applying for jobs online very easily.
The largest ICT exhibition in the South Asian region, Basis SoftExpo 2023, will end in the capital on Sunday evening, leaving behind its ever shining marks in promoting the country’s biggest leapfrogging potentials in terms of grabbing the demographic dividends and export diversification, rightly addressed by the government through targeting a $5 billion export of IT and ITES products and services.
Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) President Russel T Ahmed in exchange announced $20 billion export target by 2031 and gave a 3x3 formulae to achieve it.
“The story is all about the next big leap,” said Russel T Ahmed, the leader of the exhibition organiser.
The formulae include three sectors — the government, the industry and the academia working hand in hand, while three major tasks are product innovation, proper branding of the country and industry, and developing the human resource.
Over 350 of the BASIS members are now exporting IT and ITES to around 80 countries, up from 250 companies exporting to half of the market before the pandemic, according to BASIS.
The US market where 34% of Bangladesh’s IT and ITES exports are going nowadays has a shortage of around 3 million IT professionals, followed by the shortage of 1.5 million of the knowledge workers in the European Union, a million in the United Kingdom, 0.85 million in Japan.
The BASIS president is a bit on the optimistic side about the $5billion IT and ITES export target by 2025 as the Prime Minister and her ICT advisor are seriously guiding the sector.
Demand is there and it is only growing since the pandemic as the world’s companies are embracing IT more and more, said Ahmed.
He suggests complete collaboration among policy makers, industry and academia that is a must to fully unlock potentials.
Having the right master plan and the execution roadmap, branding the country and the industry should be the first task as the world’s buyers need to know Bangladeshi firms and their knowledge of workers’ capabilities, according to him.
Then there need to be investments in a right way that yields the maximum in terms of building capacity to compete with other countries.
IT and ITES, however, have emerged as the largest graduate job creator as the industry has already employed 0.15 million knowledge workers, while around 0.6 million are working as freelancers.
Every year, around 25 thousand IT graduates enter the industry but that is not enough for reaching the 2031 export goal, feels the BASIS President.
Right now, the workforce of 0.1 million is bringing $1 billion export income and the industry needs at least 1.5 million skilled people in 2031 to earn $20 billion.
ICT graduates in the pipeline alone are unlikely to fill the gap, which needs to be addressed in the interest of higher revenue tasks related to software and other high-end tasks.
The good thing is that a big workforce of non-ICT graduates also can be prepared for a better income from ICT and ITES-related work and support the industry target, said Russel T Ahmed.
Over 200 Bangladeshi firms are showcasing their IT and ITES products and services.
Starting at 10.00 am on 23 February at Bangabandhu Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Center, Purbachal, in Dhaka the show and get together of thousands of ICT professionals is set to end at 8.00 pm on 26 February.
Besides so many awareness-creating events and thought provoking seminars every day, the exhibition comes live and engaging through the job fair, career camps, B2B matchmaking, freelancing conference, startup conference, developers’ conference, women in IT program, ministerial conference, and ambassadors’ night.