The New Nation - Internet Edition

Mahbubur Rahman Kahn

ECS City IT Fair-08 gets momentum. The 9 day long fair that began on last Thursday with a view to spreading the motto 'Computer would be instrument of development of merit' will be ended on this Friday. Multiplan Centre Shop Owners organized the fair where 276 organisations are participated with advanced technology ranging from desktop computer to advanced gadgets.

Special discount, quiz, gift, drawing and debate competition for school going students, gaming zone for the game-bugs and above all free internet access facilities are provided to the customers and visitors. New technologies are exhibited in two separate computer zones.

Computer source brings two printers- Lexmark Z1320 and X2650. Photo can be printed out from the first one.

Global Brand Pvt Ltd brings some laptops, e-PC, e-Box, Mini desktop computers, PDA phones and LCD monitors of ASUS. These products are sold in discount. Great Wall A-81 laptop is found at Tk. 29,900 where Celeron-D desktop computer is found at Tk 13,999. There are facilities of voting for Cox's Bazar and Sundarban. The entry fee is fixed at tk 10 though school going students can access to the fair free.Prof Jamilur Reza Chowdhury, Vice Chancellor of Brac University inaugurated the fair on Thursday. He said the world turned has turned into a global village due to the advancement of technology.

We have to move forward by reducing imbalance in this sector compared to other countries. He called upon to hold more such computer fairs in the country and reach computer to common people.

Bangladesh Computer association will organise BCS ICT World 2008 on Nov 17 to 21 at Bangladesh China Friendship Centre where BASIS SoftExpo 09 will be held on January 27 to 31 in the same venue in next year.