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Business Report

The nine-day 'Digital ICT Fair-2009' will begin on November 7 at the Multiplan Centre at Elephant Road in the city.

With a call styled 'Let ICT be a Tool for Changing Days' the Multiplan Centre Shop Owners Association is arranging the fair

Minister for Information and Cultural Affairs Abul Kalam Azad will inaugurate the fair as the chief guest.

Dr Syed Modasser Ali, Adviser to the Prime Minister, Architect Yafez Osman, State Minister for Science and ICT, Vice- Chancellor of Dhaka University Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique, Vice- Chancellor of BRAC University Prof Jamilur Reza Chowdhury and FBCCI President Annisul Haque will attend the event as special guests.

Organizers informed that about 400 shops will be set up from the fourth floor to the tenth floor on an area of about one lakh square feet at the Multiplan Centre.

Brand new PC, cloned PC, LCD monitor, mouse, keyboard, CD, speaker, DVD, CD ROM drive, calling card, internet card, mouse pad, pen drive, memory card, printer and scanner will be available at the fair at a fair price, they said.

Besides computer products, mobile phone and its accessories, MP-3, MP-4 and digital camera will also be available at the show, they added.

Other features of the fair, they said, include painting competition for children, debate and SMS and quiz competitions for students, seminar, symposium, free online ticket booking and internet browsing.