Buet team wins djuice project contest
Star Business Report
Labdhi, a team of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) won the championship of the youth talent hunt programme, D Youth, arranged by djuice, the youth brand of Grameenphone. Another team, Sabbasachi of Institute of Business Administration (IBA) of Dhaka University, secured the second position in the competition. The winning team was handed over a cheque for Tk 300,000 and the runner-up was given Tk 100,000. Industries Adviser Geeteara Safiya Choudhury Tuesday announced the results in Dhaka. Grameenphone Chief Executive Officer Erik Aas and Rafan Siraj, chief executive of project Bangladesh, were also present. Earlier, the competition styled 'Project Youth: Put Your Heads Together' was launched in November last year with over 700 teams participating in the preliminary round. The teams were told to make a business proposal to help the under-privileged people of Bangladesh. The top teams had a presentation and finally, only 20 teams survived to move on to the challenge phase of the competition.
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Industries Adviser Geeteara Safiya Choudhury and Grameenphone Chief Executive Officer Erik Aas are seen with the winners of 'Project Youth: Put Your Heads Together' competition in Dhaka on Tuesday. PHOTO: STAR |
