Bikroy.com, the Largest Marketplace in Bangladesh, recently completed 10 years of service and entered its 11th year. Bikroy.com began its journey in Bangladesh in the year 2012 as a classified listings website introducing Bangladesh to a convenient service that almost did not exist in the region.
In celebrations of the tenth anniversary of Bikroy.com, Eshita Sharmin, CEO of the company, was present along with the management team of the organization, and the special guest of the event was Jamal Bhuiyan, the captain of Bangladesh national football team. In the last 10 years, Bikroy.com has become the largest marketplace in the country with millions of buyers, sellers and well-wishers. People from all walks of life including esteemed customers, and associated people joined in on the celebrations to congratulate Bikroy.com.
More than 3 lac new sale posts are published on Bikroy every month. An average of 30 interested buyers is found against each sale post. There are also 4 promotional options to sell the product quickly, which ensures up to 60% sales growth. So far, 20,000 members have opened online shops in Bikroy. There is a verified badge facility for the members to gain the trust of the customers. Bikroy has taken some special measures for the members to expand their businesses during the lockdown period. Bikroy’s lockdown offers for the members to expand their businesses included more vouchers and promotional tools, dedicated customer support, EMI facilities, etc. Moreover, special tips were provided for the members to reach more interested buyers and sell faster.
Nils Hammar, Global CEO of Bikroy.com said, “I am amazed about the opportunities we have here with the strong brand that Bikroy is. Bikroy.com is not a single business, we are actually establishing routes for several businesses in sectors of property, vehicles, jobs, and marketplace. We have verticals ready for the progress of each of these businesses, and in the next 10 years, we plan to implement these plans successfully. The Bikroy.com platform will have many more modern features along with an updated business model in the next 10 years.”
Eshita Sharmin, CEO of Bikroy.com said, “Congratulations to all our customers, partners, employees, and members on a decade of Bikroy. In the past 10 years, Bikroy has played a major role in creating a digital Bangladesh. We currently have over 3.5 million monthly visitors and over 10,000 members working with us across the country. In 2012, we started the company with only 10 people, and today we are a family of more than 200 members. This year we want to play a big role in the economic development of the country by giving importance to internet safety. Hopefully, we will get our well-wishers by our side in the coming future as always.”
Sharing his feelings, Special Guest of the program Jamal Bhuyan said, “First of all, I would like to congratulate Bikroy.com on the completion of a decade of service. This appreciation goes out to all the staff members of the company. Thanks to the Bikroy team for inviting me to be a part of their 10th anniversary celebrations. I am truly overwhelmed by the enthusiasm of the staff present at today’s event. I wish Bikroy all the success.”
BGL Overseas Ltd.-BGL Overseas, a popular recruiting agency based in Dhaka, has registered remarkable growth after joining ‘Channel’, a free broadcast platform for service and information introduced by popular instant messaging app imo. BGL Overseas is a government-approved recruiting agency in Bangladesh, which is involved in the recruitment and supply of manpower from Bangladesh to different companies based in the Middle East and Asia.
BGL Overseas was doing okay, but their business was also affected by the pandemic. Abdullah Al Mamun, their Marketing Manager, decided to connect with imo Channel to explore further possibilities. Within a very short period of time, their business experienced a quick rise. BGL Overseas joined imo Channel this May to try it and tap into more potential candidates. After the agency was officially verified by the imo team, their account got customized menus enabling potential clients to contact them conveniently, more importantly, their services got huge traffic boost from imo. Within only 2 months, the amount of closed deals of this Marketing Manager increased by around 50% as there was a huge boost in the number of their followers, which reached nearly 13,000. On an average, the number of migrant workers who reach out to BGL Overseas through imo Channel every day is around 50, much more efficient than other digital platforms.
Mr. Abdullah Al Mamun from BGL Overseas said, “We were looking for a good platform to connect to our target clients in a direct way. Ever since we connected with imo Channel, we witnessed a significant rise in our engagement with the job seekers, because our target clients are already on the platform and could call us directly on imo without fees and not through other agents, which has helped us experience meteoric growth in terms of business.”
Currently, there are huge opportunities for Bangladeshis to work overseas, but it often remains unexplored owing to lack of proper information. imo Channel has proved to be a powerful tool in this regard as through this feature. Currently on imo, there are around 10 million Bangladeshi users who work in the Middle East. imo is committed to serving all migrant workers by providing them with necessary and authorized services. Migrant workers will be able to get relevant and authorized information about overseas job opportunities, salary, employers, companies, job requirements and other necessary details through imo Channel. This free flow of information on imo Channel is helping job seekers make informed decisions.
Caption News: A partnership agreement on "Increasing livestock productivity through the provision of better Artificial Insemination (AI) services for livestock" was signed by the USAID-funded Feed the Future Bangladesh Livestock and Nutrition Activity and the BRAC Artificial Insemination (AI) Enterprise. As part of this partnership, BRAC AI Enterprise will carry out a number of activities to improve the artificial insemination service, including an Inception workshop, baseline study, training for new AI service providers, refresher training for current AISPs, awareness programs, programs to promote products, establishment of model dairy farmers, Veterinary Health Camp, Mobile Veterinary Clinics, and Progeny shows, among others. improving the activity of female AI service providers and facilitating their easy access to motorcycle driving through facilities for professional training. The business would create a market for artificial insemination and market to regional livestock farmers through trained.
Bangladesh Computer Society (BCS) President Eng. Subrata Sarkar has been appointed Vice Chairman (VC) of the Asia and Pacific Region of the World Innovation, Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA).
On Sunday night (July 3) WITSA Secretary General Dr. James H. Poisant in an e-mail message officially informed Engineer Subrata Sarkar about his appointment as WITSA Regional Vice Chairman.
WITSA, an international IT organization comprising IT organizations from 80 countries, promotes international trade and investment in IT products and services through its global network.
WITSA Regional Vice Chairman and BCS President Engineer Subrata Sarkar hoped that he would continue to work for the overall advancement of investment, development and prosperity in the IT sector in the Asia / Pacific region.
It may be noted that, Bangladesh Computer Society has been representing Bangladesh in the world information technology organization WITSA.