Committed to PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO KNOW
Vol. 5 Num 271 Wed. March 02, 2005  
   
StarTech


Tech Review
Bdtradeinfo.com

Not just a local search-site


Alocal business search engine, bdtradeinfo.com, recently introduced three new categories to its existing local search criteria which sum into a large collection for such a database. Now visitors will be able to search from more than forty different business sectors. The newly introduced departments are -- 'Info Tuition', 'Info Marraige' and 'Info Literature'.

The 'Info Tuition' category already has seventeen entries for tutors, who are in search for students. Very-trimmed down, but important information for these tutors are located in the database. The site plays as a media through which, parents may locate tutors for their kids and the site administrators have kept this service entirely free of cost and hopes to update it on a regular basis.

Though it may be commonly taken for granted that the literature section will hold writings by renowned writers of the country, but unfortunately, at present it contains word-works from the CEO of the site. "The plan is to publish one issue of literary works per month," said Asim Tarafdar, CEO, BdTradeInfo, while talking to StarTech. He also mentioned how contacts will be made with Dhaka University's Department of English and other English and Bengali medium schools to setup a regular flow of write-ups, while both languages will be given priority. "There will be no financial matters involved in either direction, and this will only play to moralise potential writers and publish their write-ups online," Asim added.

"We are also hoping on successfully running the 'Info Marraige' section soon," Asim said, stating how currently the link is down because of technical difficulties.

Along with categorial search, alphabetical search may also be performed, which according to the CEO is somewhat similar to the current idea of online business yellow pages. Performing a search city-wise is another option. "We tried to customise the site according to user demand," stated Asim. "All these links on search-sites were added one after another and we still are trying to expand and upgrade more information in the database for user-convenience," he cited.

Other than the search-categories, another potential section displayed in the site is the 'Important Telephones' which include phone numbers for ambulances, police, blood banks, fire service, hotels, air -lines, taxis, and different government offices, and much more. The 'Share Market' section includes links to the Dhaka and Chittagong stock exchanges, NASDAQ, and several other international stock market sites.

T-Series is a multi-disciplinary firm specialized in Web development, Customized Software development, Networking, Graphics design and some other areas of Information Technologies. Future plans of the company include adding an online job site to BdTradeInfo, possibly by the name of 'Info Jobs', and the CEO plans to keep this job site cost-free to its clients.

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