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Bangladeshi Food : Some Information

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Food taking time: Thrice a day (Morning, Afternoon and Evening).
Breakfast: Potato, Roti, Egg
Modern breakfast: Bread, Butter, Jam, Jally.
Lunch: Rice, Vegetable, Curries, Pulse.
Evening Tea: Tea, Coffee, Somocha, Roll etc.
Dinner: Rice, Roti, Curry etc.
Fast Food: Chicken Broast, Burger, French Fries.
Seasonal Food:
Summer: Mango, Jackfruit, Lichi, Jam, Grapes, Bell.
Winter: Date Juice, Cakes, Bhapa Pitha, winter vegetable, tomato, Shim, Coliflower, Carrot.
Rainy: Khichuri, pickle, Hilsha fish.

Sweets: Chamcham, Roshogolla, Roshomalai, Shandesh, Kalojam, Shamai etc.
Occational Food: Biriani, Chicken Roast, Rezala, Sweet Rice, Borhani, Fenni.
Traditional Food: Panta Bhat, Hilsha fish, Shatkora, khichuri, pickle.
Regional Food: Moghlai Poratha, Bakorkhani, Tihari, Meghban, Dawat.
Production of food and availability- food habit also depends on production of food.
Cultural food- Shatkora, coconut, dry fish.
Variation of foods- food varies from place to place because of it’s geographical structure and productivity.

Free Writing:
Food is the toughest and acceptable art to all kinds and ages people. In South Asia, most probably Bangladesh and India are very well known to other countries for their delicious and varieties of food items, but Bangladeshi is well known for religious cuisine too. However, we are concerned about the taste of food rather than its value. When food is tasted then value does not matter. However, I am describing about Bangladeshi food with description. Bangladeshi people are well known as a voracious nation. We take meal thrice a day. For breakfast, we take handmade bread of flour (Rooti) with lots of vegetables and meat. In the rural areas people eat rice soaked in water as their breakfast. They like to have it with green and red chili, onion and salt. Some rich families take western breakfast like toast, Jam, butter. Other two main meals are lunch and dinner. All of us like to have our staple food rice for lunch. As a river country Bangladesh produces lots of fishes.

But Hilsha is our national food. We also take smashes (bhorta) of different seasonal vegetables, cooked vegetable pulses with rice. The curries differ according to the financial status of the families. We usually take the same kind of food for lunch and dinner. On special occasions we eat some especial kinds of food. They are Polao, Biriyani, Chicken or lamb roast, rezala and as drink we have borhani. We also have some special food for each season such as we eat khichuri on a rainy day; rice, cakes and pithas on winter morning and juice fruits on summer.

Bangladeshi people are fond of sweets. We Bangladeshi people love to have sweets as deserts-Chamcham, Roshogolla, Roshmalai, curd (Dahi)shandesh, kalajam are only few of them. We also like home made sweets like payesh, Halua, Jarda etc. Though it is not a part of our culture but our young generation is greatly attracted to fast food now-a-days. There are many fast food shops in BD which sell burgur, pizza, samusa, sandwitch, chicken fry, cold drinks etc.

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Press Conference of BASIS SoftExpo 2008

BASIS SOFTEXPO is the largest software exhibition of Bangladesh. This year, the five-day exhibition will take place at the Bangladesh China Friendship Conference Center. The software exhibition will kick off from 14 February.

At the press conference, T I M Nurul Kabir, Convener of SOFTEXPO 2008, shared various information regarding the fair with the reporters. Nurul Kabir said that there were some milestones in each of the previous fairs. This year BASIS got Denmark as their theme country, which he termed as the milestone of the exhibition of this year. Indicating the increasing number of outsourcing works between Denmark and Bangladesh, he said that the flow would continue this year as well. Mr. Kabir informed the journalists that 14-16 delegates were coming from Denmark who would be match making with 50 local companies looking for outsourcing works. Eight Danish companies are also taking part in the exhibition. Convener hoped that this match makings will be able resulted in joint venture outsourcing alike the past.

IT Industry Association of Denmark is the associated partner of ASIS Softexpo 2008. Nurul Kabir also indicated that BASIS had convinced UK Trade and Investment office of Bangladesh to include IT in their priority sector. UK Trade and Investment is one of the strategic partners of the exhibition. The other strategic partners are Danish Federation of Small and Medium Industries, Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO). Companies from different countries are taking part in the exhibition. Stressing on IT education, Mr. Kabir said that students from some universities were offered to present with their projects in the exhibition. Being asked if there would be any special arrangement for the student or for the small entrepreneurs, he said that a special zone would be there at the fair only for the students and small entrepreneurs. The entry fee for the fair is 20 Tk., while school children will not require any entry fee in order to attract the young generation to IT.

President of BASIS, Mr. Rafiqul Islam Rowly said that the IT projects would be showcased in the exhibition of this year. He also added that the exhibition is getting wider after ever year. In response to a question of Business Bangladesh correspondent, Mr. Rafiqul Islam said BASIS always tried to inspire individual enthusiasm, but as it was not an organization, it was not always possible to help in individual sector from the fair. Mr. Islam stressed ever increasing market of software export. Indicating a chronological order of software export, he hoped that BASIS was expecting US $30 million exporting software this year, while the amount had been US $26.8 million previous year.

Mr. M. Shoeb Chowdhury, Senior Vice President of BASIS, said that for the first time the chief of the government would be at the opening ceremony of the fair. He also revealed that there would be a media center in the exhibition from where the journalists would be able to use internet and can get help about anything. Mr. A K M Fahim Mashroor, chairman of seminar of Softexpo 2008, introduced the seminar set to be held during the five day long exhibition.

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BASIS SoftExpo 2008: Beginning from 14 February

Bangladesh Association of Software and information services (BASIS) is the organizer of SoftExpo. SoftExpo 2008 is going to start from tomorrow and today, BASIS organized a press conference in this regard. A good number of reporters attended the press conference held at BASIS office. BASIS leaders discussed about different sides of SoftExpo 2008. They also answered to the different questions raised by journalists about the expo. They also talked about the condition of ICT sector of Bangladesh. They invited everyone to attend SoftExpo and hoped that a huge crowd will enjoy the expo.

BASIS provided a press release and we have put the press release here at the end of this entry. Business Bangladesh editor Rashidul Hasan Bulbul was present at the press conference.

Here is the official press release:

Bangladesh Association of Software and information services (BASIS), the national association representing software and information technology enabled services (ITES) sector of country, is going to organize BASIS SoftExpo 2008 form February 14-18, 2008 at Bangladesh China Friendship Conference Center, Dhaka, BASIS SoftExpo, the yearly mega event of Basis has, by now, earned the reputation of the largest ICT event of the country.

Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed. Honorable Chief Adviser, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh will inaugurated the five-day long expo on February 14 at at Bangladesh China Friendship Conference Center, Dhaka. Mr. Manik Lal Somaddar, Special Assistant to the Honorable Chief Adviser, Ministry of Science and information & Communication Technology and His Excellency Mr. Einar Hevogard Jensen, Ambassador, Royal Danish Embassy will be present as the special guests.

This year’s Expositon is expected to have a lot of focus on some recent technology trends and issues in the industry like e-Governance, telecom Software, Banking software, ERp/Crm/SCM software, web applications.BPO, E-commerce, E-learning etc. Apart from showcasing of prodects and services by the exhibitors, a series of workshops and seminars will be organized on the occasion.

More than 150 local and foreign exhibitors and internatnional delegates from and participatnt form Denmark, France, UK, German, Japan are taking a part in Basis SoftExpo 2008. The Exhibitor companies will expose Business Software, outsourcing. Multimedia & animation, Games, Mobile & Wireless Applications, e-commerce, e-governance, Hardware Technology Solution, Telecommunications & Networking , ITES and BPO, IT Education, Financial Institution, ICT for Development etc. Apart from showcasing of software products and services by the exhibitors, a series of workshop and seminars, business matchmaking etc. will be held during the exposition.

ICT Outsourcing in Bangladesh in generating lot of interest a recent time and the forthcoming exposition will host a seminar on outsourcing where those involved in outsourcing both form home and abroad will attend.

Delegates form Danish companies will visit this year’s SoftEspo and take part in matchmaking meeting in addition to participating in various seminars, workshops and roundtables. Besides nembers of Japanese companies will be visiting the BASIS SoftExpo 2008 to attend matchmaking and other events and to explore the possibilities of engaging in business ventures with Bangladeshi TCT companies

The visitors expected to visit the expo includes CEO/MDs from the corporate word Government decision and policy makers, academia, business leaders, media, ICT professionals, students, and ICT users form all over the country.

BAISS SoftEspo-2008 at a glance:

Number of total Exhibitors: 150

Business Software Exhibitors: 87

Outsourcing Companies: 16

High-End Hardware & IT solution exhibitors: 5

IT Education and Traning exhibitors: 8

Multimedia and Animation: 6

Pavilion Exhibitors: 10

Special Zone Exhibitors: 18

Theme Country: Denmark

Partner Association: IT Association of Denmark (ITB)

Strategic Partners: Danish Federation of small and Medium Sized Enterprises (DFSME)

Paris Chamber of commerce & Induatry, UK Trade Investment and JETRO

Theme of BASIS SoftEspo-2008: ‘Get. Gain. Grow.’ (This emphasizes on transforming Bangladesh into an e-nation by utllizing the immense potentials of ICT in every phase of tour economy as well as society).

Number of Seminars and business sessions: 12+ by BASIS (To be participated by key decision makers of the country and renowned experts & stakeholders from aboard).

Date: 14 to 18 February.

Venue: Bangladesh China Friendship Conference Center, Dhaka

Entry Fee: Tk. 20 (entry fee is free for students).

Exhibitors include:

• BASIS Members

• Local and multinational ICT companies

• Mobile application development companies

• Successful ICT projects in Multinational and local companies

• IT training institutes & Universities

• ICT consulting houses

• Financial institution

• International ICT Associations

The best place to find information about SoftExpo is its official website: http://www.softexpo.com.bd/

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BASIS SoftExpo 2008

Bangladesh is often portrayed as a poor country in the media but if you go to SoftExpo 2008 organized by BASIS then you will surely find that Bangladesh has something more than poverty. Nearly 200 local and foreign companies are going to participate in SoftExpo 2008. The event will start from 14 February and will continue until 18 February. The companies will display their products and services. A large turn out is expected and the organizers are hoping that nearly 100,000 visitors would visit the Expo.

There is just 1 day before the start of SoftExpo 2008. organizers are busy with last minute preparations. The companies are also busy with last minute preparations. February is the month of language and culture in Bangladesh. Ekushey book fair is going on at Bangla Academy. So, SoftExpo 2008 will be like a bonus for the city dwellers of Dhaka.

SoftExpo started in 2004 and in the first Expo, it created a lot of interest among all the people who have any kind of interest in Bangladesh. This is going to be the fourth SoftExpo. The main goal is to showcase software products and services of Bangladesh.

To know about SoftExpo, you can visit this link:

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CityCell in Corporate Bazaar 2008

CityCell, the pioneer in the mobile phone industry in Bangladesh has participated in Corporate Bazaar 2008, the only corporate fair of the country. For the fair, the company has brought special offer for the corporate customers under which it is selling Samsung S109 cell-phone in 1399 taka. The present market price of this phone is 3799 taka. In addition, it is offering five other cell-phones from five different brands. Two of the models have high speed internet facility. In this corporate fair, City Cell is actually highlighting their latest technology. According to Mohammad Sharif-ul-Hassan, compared to other cell-phone technologies, CDMA is better. He added that all the customers of City Cell will have better service from now on.

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Trust Bank in Corporate Bazaar 2008

Trust Bank has a lively presence in Corporate Bazaar 2008. It has a large pavilion and the good decoration attracted a lot of visitors. In the fair, Trust Bank has promoted several offers but two of them are interesting. Women entrepreneur loan will be given to those women who are in business for two years. This is a nice initiative and it will surely help many women in Bangladesh.

Trust Bank is also promoting Visa Classic International Card in this fair. It will help the consumers when they go abroad.

To get more information, you should visit any branch of Trust Bank or visit the website:

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AB Bank in the Corporate Bazaar 2008

AB Bank is the first private bank in Bangladesh. AB Bank has offers not only for their customers but also for the general people in Corporate Bazaar 2008. G.K. Salauddin, principal officer of customer finance care of AB Bank, has presented their offers to the people in an acceptable manner in their pavilion. With his easy presentation, visitors understand that AB Bank is offering auto loan, gold loan, personal loan, education loan etc. against easy terms. However, the more important is merchant banking. The special offer of AB Bank is credit card with a low interest rate.

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