A five-day computer expo is going to begin in Sylhet today to popularise the use of computer technology among the masses.
The local unit of Bangladesh Computer Samiti has arranged the fair styled ‘BCB Digital Expo Sylhet 2013’ at Mohammad Ali Gymnasium Building at Rikabibazar in the city.
Sylhet city mayor Badar Uddin Ahmad Kamran is expected to inaugurate the fair the chief guest at 10:00am on Wednesday.
The information was disclosed at a press conference held at the Sylhet District Press Club in the afternoon.
The organisers in the press conference informed that more than 50 institutions involved in producing and importing computer accessories and supplying them to the local market would participate in the exhibition.
The fair venue will remain open between 10:00am and 8:00pm every day from January 9 to January 13.
The entry fee has been fixed at Tk 10, but the schoolchildren will be charged no fee, they said.
-With New Age input
