Under the accord, AKTEL subscribers will be able to vote for their favourite singers in Close Up1 contest through SMS. Nearly 40,000 aspirant young singers have signed up for this programme from across the country.

Waqar Ahmed Kazi, finance director of Unilever, and Jose Ravee, marketing director of AKTEL, signed the deal on behalf of their organisations in Dhaka on Wednesday, says a press release.

Unilever Marketing Manager Asif Iqbal and Senior Brand Manager Afzalul Hasan, AKTEL Head of Corporate Sales Tofazzul Hossain and Head of Administration Nurul Mustafa Tarek, among others, were present at the signing ceremony.