On Monday evening, BAF Shaheen Hall in the capital turned into a meeting place for leaders and stakeholders of the country’s technology sector. State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak was the chief guest at “BACCO Iftar Mahfil 2023” organized by ‘Bangladesh Association of Contact Center and Outsourcing (BACCO)’.
Bangladesh Satellite Company Limited Chairman Dr. Shahjahan Mahmud, Startup Bangladesh Limited Managing Director Sami Ahmed, BCS President Subrata Kumar Sarkar, BASIS President Russell T Ahmed, ISPAB President Imdadul Haque, e-CAB Deputy General Secretary Nasima Akhter Nisha, BFDA Secretary General Tanjiba Rahman, BIJF President Nazneen Nahar, BIGF Secretary General Mohammad Abdul Haque, convenor of ‘Amrai Digital Bangladesh’ Liakat Hossain, Iqbal Bahar, founder of Stories to Tell, were also present in the Mahfil.
While speaking as the chief guest, the state minister said, BSS, BASIS, ISPAB, e-CAB and BACCO – these 5 organizations are the ICT family. As there are emotional ties among family members, so is here. His direction is seen on the stage itself.
The BACCO president Wahid Sharif delivered a welcome speech on the occasion. The Iftar Mahfil was moderated by the General Secretary Tauhid Hossain. At the end of the program, the State Minister for Information and Communication Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak and Arifa Jasmine Kanika were wished for 20 years of married life. The couple was accompanied by their youngest son Anirban.
In his greeting speech at the event, the ICT State Minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak said that the government will fulfill the Smart Bangladesh goal by formulating and amending policies and laws if necessary with the advice of ICT sector organizations. By 2041, Bangladesh will be established as a high-income technology-dependent and knowledge-based innovative smart country by increasing export earnings from the IT and ITS sector; where the business sector will be the biggest partner next to the government.
Earlier, ASL BPO founder and CEO Zayed Ahmed spoke as a representative of the platinum category sponsor of the Iftar event. It was also unveiled in the presence of invited guests – Bangladesh BPO News. BACCO’ Newsletter as an organizational publication is edited by Mr. Tanveer Ibrahim, Vice President, BACCO.
The sources from BACCO informed that, besides organizing iftar party on that day, BACCO organized iftar for more than 600 orphans and destitute people.
ASL BPO sponsored the event as a platinum sponsor. Digicon Technologies Ltd., FIFOTECH, ADN Telecom Ltd., Synergy Solutions, Next Ventures, Multi Engineering & Company Ltd., Ignite Tech Solutions, Times ASL Call Center Ltd., Service Engine Ltd., Fiber@Home, Skylark Soft Ltd., Synergy Business Solutions, Sky Tech Solutions and The Cow Company Limited sponsored Gold Categor..
Silver category sponsors were My Outsourcing Limited, Impel Service & Solutions Limited, Enroute International Limited, Noble IT Solutions Limited, Technogram Limited, Joy Computer Limited, Jan Associates, Star Computer Systems Limited, Creative IT Institute, Creative Clipping Path Limited and KMA Taher Photography.
