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GP, Lava launch affordable smartphones

Following the massive success of previous co-branded smartphones Grameenphone (GP) and Lava have jointly brought two new affordable smartphones to the market, bundled with exclusive offers. Two Grameenphone-Lava co-branded devices, Lava Iris 605 and Lava Iris 821, were launched at a ceremony at a city hotel on November 14. The devices have been launched at a time when smartphone adoption is increasing at a significant rate thanks to the extended 3G coverage across the country and a host of useful digital services by Grameenphone. Grameenphone Chief Marketing Officer Yasir Azman said, “Grameenphone, being the most

Libraries Unlimited: A nationwide library project

The British Council, in collaboration with the Government of Bangladesh, is implementing a nationwide project titled Libraries Unlimited, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop the Library sector in Bangladesh. An MoU was signed between the British Council and the Department of Public Libraries under libraries-unlimited_bc-3Ministry of Cultural Affairs (MoCA) to implement the five-year project. According to the MoU, a Project Office has been established in Department of...

Robi, Trust Bank offer handset for arm forces

Trust Bank and Robi Axiata Limited have signed a corporate agreement recently. The corporate agreement paves the way for the members of Armed Forces having salary accounts with Trust Bank to enjoy Robi’s corporate smartphone bundle solution at an attractively priced rate. In presence of Major General S M Matiur Rahman, afwc, psc Adjutant General, Bangladesh robi-trust-bankArmy and Vice Chairman, Trust Bank, Managing Director and CEO of Trust Bank, Ishtiaque Ahmed Chowdhury and Managing Director and CEO of Rob...

Ideas become reality at Smart City Hackathon

After running for straight 36 hours, the country’s first Smart City Hackathon wrapped up at GP House with innovations reaching a new height. The hackathon, jointly initiated by Preneur Lab and Grameenphone’s innovation center White Board, hosted 30 teams of young innovators who coded at the competition to bring solutions to turn Dhaka into a smart city. After 36 hours of rigorous brain-storming and coding, three teams were announced as Champions, 1st Runners Up and 2nd Runners Up. Team App Flakes was declared as 2nd Runners Up, Team Spark was declared as 1st Runner Up and Durbin as Champion. John Taylor, Director, UNDP, was present at the closing ceremony as chief guest. Grameenphone’s CTO Medhat ELHusseiny and CCAO Mahmud Hossain were a...
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