In a breathtaking quiet hotel ballroom, everyone seemed to be counting down the time. Who was going to get the keys of the BMW car worth a crore taka from Nagad! Every moment was passing and the level of excitement was rising high. In such an environment, actor Ananta Jalil announced the name of the winner; and it was none but the Palawan of Dhaka, Mahbub Haider.
The prize for the biggest mega payment campaign in the history of Bangladesh was handed over to the winner by the Mobile Financial Service of Postal Department Nagad on Tuesday (July 18) in a grand ceremony. The Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar, founder and Managing Director of Nagad Limited Tanveer A. Mishuk and film actor Ananta Jalil presented the award to the winners.
In the final stage of the mega campaign of Nagad, they selected the top ten candidates as voted by Nagad customers. Palawan Mahbub Haider of Dhaka won the BMW from the top of the list by getting 4 lakh 73 thousand 27 votes.
Sylvia Yasin of Chattogram who was in second place got 4 lakh 11 thousand 813 votes. Saidur Rahman Sohel of Cox’s Bazar was in the third position by getting 3 lakh 34 thousand 99 votes. Md Nasim of Bholr, Abu Syed Bin Shovan of Cumilla, Sanjida Yasmin Milli of Jashore, Sajjad Ahmed of Noakhali, Nahrin Noshin of Rangpur, Washim Akram of Chapainawabganj and Md Masum Mridha of Barisal received the next names as votes. In total 45 lakh 39 thousand 55 votes were cast in the campaign.
Mahbub Haider was found speechless after winning the BMW car. He expressed his feelings after being stunned for a while. Although it seemed like a dream, Mahbub Haider said, ‘I always deemed myself a misfortunate one but I am speechless after winning the BMW car today. Maybe I can say my feelings tomorrow. I really can’t believe it.’
Congratulating the winner, the Chief Guest of the event, Honorable Minister of Post and Telecommunications Division, Mustafa Jabbar, said, ‘Nagad has been a surprise since its inception; in continuation of that surprise, today, Nagad is handing over the BMW. My congratulations to Mahbub the BMW winner.’ He said, ‘Today Nagad has saved the postal department, thanks to Nagad for this.’
Regarding the entire event, the founder and managing director of Nagad, Tanveer A. Mishuk said, ‘The BMW campaign was not an ordinary campaign by any means. In my opinion this campaign is a big step towards Smart Bangladesh. I believe that this campaign will create a unique position in establishing a cashless society in Bangladesh.
In the event, three national team cricketers Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal and Mushfiqur Rahim congratulated the participants and winners of the campaign in a video message.
Nagad‘s BMW mega campaign started last March till June 30, 2023. The mega campaign has been recognized as the best payment campaign in the country due to the love and spontaneous response of the customers. During this time mobile recharge and payment through Nagad reached another height. As a result, a new trend of digital payments has started in the country.
Nagad broadcasts a program called ‘Ke Jeetbe BMW’ to select the winners. Mushfiqur Rahim, one of the best players of the national cricket team, took part in the final ceremony after completing several stages. Using Bangla AI, the number of potential winners decreases with each step. In the last day’s event, Bengali AI first selected 44 customers based on Mushfiqur Rahim’s half-century in ODI cricket. These 44 people came from 37 districts. Later, on the advice of Mushfiq, one person was selected from the remaining 27 districts using AI. The names of these 71 people from 64 districts were opened before the customers for voting. Earlier in the mega campaign of Nagad, several sedan cars, more than five hundred motorcycles and refrigerators, smart televisions, smart mobiles, more than five thousand products including smartwatches and headphones were handed out to the winners. In between, Bangladesh national cricketer Tamim Iqbal and many other stars distributed the awards for Nagad.