Software fare will held Dhaka

A five-day software exposition will kick off on February 10 at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in Dhaka, organisers said in a statement yesterday. Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) will organise SOFTEXPO-2010 , themed as Digital Bangladesh in Action. Habibullah N Karim, BASIS president, disclosed the date of the fair at a press meet in a city hotel yesterday. Karim said the IT event is expected to have a large software display and IT-enabled services breaking all previous records. A Towhid, chairman of National Events Committee, MA Mubin Khan, director, and Nahid Ahmed, secretary general of BASIS, also attended the programme. Mubin said the fair would focus on the government's Vision-2021 -- a deadline to make a Digital Bangladesh. The fair is expected to see around five lakh visitors at its stalls of over 200 local and international companies. Bangladesh has earned $32.91 million by exporting software accessories this year, a $5.91 million rise from last year. "The volume will increase by 30 to 40 percent next year." SOFTEXPO aims to create a platform for showcasing immense potential of the industry by synchronising all sorts of software resources and skills available in Bangladesh, said organisers.