World Sight Day will be observed in Bangladesh

The World Sight Day will be observed in Bangladesh on October 15. National Eye Care under the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) will take out a procession from the National Institute of Ophthalmology & Hospital (NIO&H) and organise a discussion meeting at NIO&H Conference Hall at Agargaon, Dhaka to mark the day.

Minister for Health and Family Welfare Mohammed Nasim will speak at the events as the chief guest. State Minister for Health and Family Welfare Zahid Maleque, Secretary of the Health Services Division under the Ministry of Health and Family Planning Md Serajul Huq Khan, Director General of DGHS Prof Abul Kalam Azad, former Director General of DGHS Prof Deen Mohd Noorul Huq and President of Ophthalmology Society of Bangladesh Prof Md Sharfuddin Ahmed, will remain present at special guests.

Line Director of National Eye Care (NEC) and Director of NIO&H Prof Dr Golam Mostafa will present keynote paper featuring eye care situation in Bangladesh, at the discussion.
Leading ophthalmologists and healthcare experts of the country and representatives from local and international NGOs working for eye care will attend the events.

We will highly appreciate if you kindly assign a reporter and a photojournalist/camera crew from your esteemed news organisation to cover the event.

General Mobile Makes an Entrance in Bangladesh Through Daraz

General Mobile Makes an Entrance in Bangladesh Through daraz.com.bd. Google’s Android One partner, General Mobile, brings Android One program. General Mobile, founded in USA, acquired by Turkish company has started its operations in Bangladesh through daraz.com.bd, the leading online marketplace of Bangladesh at an event held at Westin on 12th October.

Customers can now get GM 5 and GM 6 models of General Mobile at their doorsteps by ordering from daraz.com.bd. Pre-booking for these two general mobile smartphone models are live on Daraz website. GM 5 will be available in Bangladesh with competitive price at 9990 BDT. The GM 6 will be available at 13,999 BDT.

GM 5 comes with a 5.00-inch touchscreen displaygorilla glass with a resolution of 720 pixels by 1280 pixels. 2500 mAh non-removable battery, 5 mega pixel front camera & 13 mega pixel back camera with high definition.

GM 6 is powered by 1.5GHz quad core processor with 3GB RAM & 32GB ROM. 2.5 curved screen, 3000 mAh non-removable battery, 8 mega pixel front camera & 13 mega pixel back camera with high definition.

Sebahattin Yaman, Chairman of General Mobile expressed his happiness to launch General Mobile Android One family with its two smartphones to Bangladesh market-“General Mobile Android One products, that we developed within the scope of Android One program with Google, has achieved great success in many countries, and it took place at the top as one of the most preferred smartphones in the researches. With the strategic partnership with Google, we started signing the success worldwide. And now, General Mobile products are sold in 30 countries. Today, I’m happy to announce our 31st country, Bangladesh. We’re increasing our success around the world by targeting to sell General Mobile products in 45 countries”.

“Providing the best products to consumers has always been our mission. This partnership with General Mobile is a significant milestone and we are excited to combine our individual strength to accelerate this mission and business objectives”- explained Syed Mostahidal Hoq, Managing Director, Daraz Bangladesh Ltd.

About Daraz

Daraz is the leading e-commerce platform in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar. The company started in Pakistan in 2012 as an online fashion business, but since then has expanded its business model to a general marketplace for quality brands within electronics like TVs, home appliances, fashion for men, women fashion, beauty & health and many other categories. Daraz is owned by CDC Group – the UK Government’s Development Finance Institution (DFI) focused on supporting and developing businesses in Africa and South Asia – as well as the Asia Pacific Internet Group (APACIG), which supports some of the leading Internet companies in the region. Founded by Rocket Internet in 2014, APACIG’s mission is to promote innovation and entrepreneurship throughout Asia and the Pacific and to support the development of a vibrant online culture.