As part of month-long activities to commemorate its 4th anniversary, youth-favorite brand realme had arranged realme Fan Fest 2022 on August, last year. Besides an array of exciting offers and activities, the occasion came with an exciting opportunity for the fans to win a trip to Thailand. Enamul Hoque won this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity by purchasing realme 9Pro+, according to an announcement made on March 09, 2023. The winner received a 04 days and 05 nights trip to Bangkok and Pattaya.
The fastest growing global smartphone brand realme celebrates fan festival globally each year. The theme for the previous year was ‘Keep it real’. As a part of celebration, realme had arranged ‘realme Fan Fest’ on Daraz where customers enjoyed various offers, including a chance to win a trip to Thailand. The campaign continued from August 22 to 28, 2022. To participate in the contest, realme fans had to buy any smartphone from realme GT Series and 9 Pro Series from Daraz within the campaign period. Afterwards, the buyer had to share a caption on his/her Facebook profile with a creatively written message about “the reason of choosing realme brand over any other brand”, along with the order number and #daraz and #realmeFanFest hashtags.
Upon purchasing realme 9Pro+ and following the aforementioned procedure, Enamul Hoque won this lucrative prize. Photography and gaming lover Enamul Hoque shared a beautifully written story expressing the reason behind his purchasing this realme device, catching the attention of the jury panel. realme received responses from over 300 participants on Facebook, indicating a massive campaign success.
Established with the mission of empowering the young consumers with leap-forward technology and design, realme is highly banking on innovation in fast charging technology for their smartphones and enhance smartphone experience. Despite being a young brand, realme has been playing instrumental role in the industry to make fast charging available to all while catering to users of all price segments. This is a reflection of realme’s commitment to introduce the latest technologies at lower price segments.
Organised by the Bangladesh Association of Software & Information Services (BASIS), this is the first-ever women eSports championship in the history of Bangladesh.
Team Celestials becomes the champion of the first-ever women-only eSports Championship in Bangladesh. The competition first and second runner-ups were Team Wasabi Sirens and Team Zetsubo, respectively.
Organised by the Bangladesh Association of Software & Information Services (BASIS), this is the first-ever women eSports championship in the history of Bangladesh. The tournament took place during BASIS flagship three-day exhibition SoftExpo 2023.
Eight teams with 50 female participants joined this eSports championship. From there, three teams took part in the final. The winning teams were awarded Tk. 1,00,000 in total.
In addition, 500 male players from about 80 teams participated in this championship tournament. They participated in Valorant, CS:GO, MLBB and FIFA. Team Red Viperz won the CS:GO championship. Team Exceeli Esports became the champion in the Valorant.
A total of Tk 6,00,000 were all of the categories in total.
As Bangladesh seeks to position itself as a hub for technology and innovation, events like the BASIS SoftExpo are crucial in bringing together industry players, policymakers, and investors to explore potential opportunities for collaboration and investment in the sector.
BASIS SoftExpo 2023, one of the largest IT events in Bangladesh, kicked off on February 23 with a wide range of activities and events that spanned four days. The event brought together IT enthusiasts, industry experts, government officials, and entrepreneurs to discuss and showcase the latest trends and developments in the IT industry.
The first day of the event started with the inauguration ceremony, followed by a series of seminars that covered various topics such as game publishing, the inclusion of women in the national IT sector, and policy dialogue on how the ICT sector can save foreign currencies and support new entrepreneurs in building investments and businesses in IT.
One of the highlights of the first day was the Freelancers Conference, which had three distinct sessions. The conference focused on global skill demand trends for freelancers, discovering new markets as well as expansion of innovations and strategies, as well as a discussion on how to build million-dollar freelancing agencies. Additionally, there was a roundtable on software testing and outsourcing and a seminar on the development targets to be achieved by 2023 under the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The Esports Championship 2023 was arguably the biggest attraction on the first day, attracting younger audiences and gaming enthusiasts. After a three-day long competition, Team Celestials became the champion of the first-ever women-only Esports Championship in Bangladesh, while Team Red Viperz won the CS:GO championship and Team Exceeli Esports became the winners in Valorant.
Speakers in a dialogue meeting concerned that without sufficient revenue in the growth stage, a startup will find it difficult to become profitable in the long run. This ever-popular argument of growth vs profitability in startups was the highlight of the Startup Conference session on Day 2 of BASIS SoftExpo 2023. Moderated by Shahriar Rahman, Editor, Toggle, The Daily Star, the lively debate session featured two teams, each representing growth and profitability and their respective importance in the development of startups. The growth team consisted of Sadia Hoque, Founder of ShareTrip, and Waseem Alim, CEO and Founder of Chaldal. The opposing team, defending profitability, was Fahim Mashroor, Founder of Bdjobs.com, and Biplob Ghosh Rahul, Founder & CEO of eCourier Ltd. The two teams talked about their respective factor - growth or profitability - what comes first in a startup and which factor deserves the most attention for any growing startup founder. Speakers said, Growth and profitability: two important factors for startups that vary based on the company stage of development. In the early stages, a startup will often prioritise growth over profitability to acquire new customers and advertise its product in a competitive market. As a startup gains traction and gains a foothold in the market, it will often choose to focus on profitability to cement itself as a top contender - investing more in marketing and product development. However, without sufficient revenue in the growth stage, a startup will find it difficult to become profitable in the long run. Consequently, without profits to drive business growth, even a fully-grown company will suffer and be doomed to fail. "Both locally and internationally, there have not been any startups that have been able to raise funds by not showing their existing growth," stated Sadia. "Investors will never define a startup based on profitability alone." According to her, it is important to see the extent of a startup vision in terms of growth - how much of the market and how many customers are being acquired.