Just after completing his diploma in electronics from Magura Polytechnic Institute in 2019, Abdullah Al Noman got a job offer from Anira International Ltd, a local handset manufacturer. And he now works as a mobile assembly engineer for the company at its plant in Narayanganj’s Sonargaon.
Shopping centres, fashion houses and retail outlets are recording higher sales on the occasion of Durga Puja as worshippers are gearing up to celebrate the biggest religious festival of the Bengali Hindu community.
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The BB move on extending credit facility would give a boost to the use of digital devices for online education and work from home during the pandemic, industry people say. Photo: Star/file >
The BB move on extending credit facility would give a boost to the use of digital devices for online education and work from home during the pandemic, industry people say. Photo: Star/file
The Bangladesh Bank yesterday eased rules to make more credit available for consumers to buy digital devices with a view to accelerating digitalisation and narrowing the digital divide.
Handset sales down 40pc since January
Sales of mobile handsets have dropped more than 40 per cent in April compared to the January level after consumers tightened their belt as they see no immediate end to the coronavirus pandemic.
And amidst the second wave of Covid-19 infections, sales have fallen further as the government introduced movement restrictions and lockdowns.
The sales were great during the first six months of the current fiscal as the pandemic led to soaring digitalisation. Many people had to purchase digital devices to cope with the new normal, including remote offices and virtual meetings.
The country s top mobile phone manufacturers and assemblers said that they had started trying to sell the devices online after the new surge of the virus.