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Laptop fair woos many in Ctg

StarTech Desk
With the slogan "Making Notebook PCs affordable for the middle and lower-middle class", a three-day laptop fair was recently held at the port city of Chittagong. Maker Communication, an event management company, organised the fair titled "Laptop Fair Chittagong 2009", providing loan facilities to purchase laptops for first time, at the Institution of Engineers Bangladesh (IEB) Chittagong Centre. A number of renowned laptop brands, including Asus, BenQ, Posh.Book, Compaq, Apple, Dell, HP, Gigabyte, Toshiba, Acer, Great Wall and Deluxe, participated in the fair. The official sponsors of the fair were brands like BenQ, Asus and Poshbook. Radio Foorti, Bdnews24.com, Bdjobs.com, The Daily Azadi, Nescafe, wheelsbd.com and Hotel Tower Inn were the partners of the event. Bank Asia offered loans to the customers for buying laptops at the venue. Different kinds of game shows, fashion shows and quiz competitions were also held. Chittagong City Corporation Mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury inaugurated the fair as the chief guest, where Chittagong University Vice Chancellor Professor Abu Yusuf and Bangladesh Computer Association President Mostafa Jabbar were present as special guest and guest, respectively.