Biggani.org Wins National e-Content and ICT4D 2010 Award

We are delighted to announce to all readers, writers, and well-wishers of Biggani.org that Biggani.org has received a special award in the Science & Technology category at the National e-Content and ICT4D Award 2010. A total of 32 organizations, including Biggani.org, received this award.
The award was organized through a competition jointly by the Ministry of Science & ICT and Dnet.

The competition began on January 21, 2011. Initially, I submitted the necessary information to the judges on behalf of Biggani.org, and learned in May that Biggani.org had been nominated. The awards were announced and distributed on August 9, 2011.
For more about the award, see: http://eaward.org.bd

 

All credit for this award goes to the writers and readers of the Biggani.org site. It is only because of their support and efforts that we have been able to create such a wonderful site for everyone. At this moment, we have a total of 4,264 registered members. Over 200,000 people have read our site. Biggani.org was launched on March 6, 2006.

 

Dr. Mashiur Rahman

Biggani.org

 

 

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Some Reader Comments

 Thank you – everyone
Written by Syed Nadeem, January 07, 2007
In a word… excellent. Like the Chinese, we can now create web pages in Bangla… awesome… keep it up… How long will foreigners corner Bangladeshis… our time is coming… we must move forward with science and technology. Thank you for this great initiative.

Written by K.M Samir Ismailee, April 18, 2007
Biggani.com is very good study web page. Best of luck.

Great effort
Written by Abed Chaudhury, July 24, 2007
Great website; great effort. I wish you all the best in your efforts of spreading science among Bangladeshis everywhere.

joshhhh………..
Written by tamanna, August 04, 2007
Very appreciating site. But besides science, some more topics could be included……

Excellent initiative
Written by Partha Sarathi Pal, October 17, 2007
I am very happy to find such a site in my mother tongue. Thank you very much.
The site looks a bit plain. If the homepage could be made a little more attractive, considering readers of all classes, it would be better.
If the default font of the page was Unicode “Adorsholipi”, it would be excellent. Drawing the administrator’s attention.
The download link for Adorsholipi: http://cgimagine.com/?p=30

Comments
Written by Jiban Roy, October 23, 2007
Dear Editor,
This is very good initiatives for the new generation. We are doing science and math movement at the school level in Bangladesh.
We hope we will work together in future.
Thanks a lot.

Not criticism, but a suggestion
Written by Rezaur Rahman, October 30, 2007
Brother, the initiative is truly excellent, but more publicity and expansion are needed. Also, can the writing font be made a bit more beautiful?
Rezaur Rahman

very nice
Written by aero, November 20, 2007
I like this site. In this moment I didn’t install avro so can’t write in bangla. I think this site will be useful for all. Science consciousness is really rare in Bangladesh. biggani.com can help to increase it around the country. They can publish books, magazines or they can make symposiums on it.

We also have a Bangla based web forum named Active Reader. We say ‘A Quiet Place For Every Reader.’ Do visit and share your feelings, comments, reviews with all. I welcome you all in www.areader.org

Thank you
Written by Swadhin, December 18, 2007
Thanks to all of you. Your site proves that scientific practice is growing day by day. I liked it. But just practicing science is not enough. Being science-minded is also important.
I hope you will also try to enhance scientific mindedness.
Swadhin
www.bd71.blogspot.com

Many thanks
Written by Harun, January 21, 2008
Because of Biggani.com, I have been able to learn a lot and know many things. For that, thank you very much to all of you. I have a question: I want to keep both Bangla and English folders on my computer desktop, but when I put both folders side by side, the name of the Bangla folder becomes so small it’s not visible. If I make the name of the Bangla folder bigger, then the English folder name gets too long and looks bad. What’s the easy solution to this? Please let me know.

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Written by Mohammad Tawhidul Alam, February 07, 2008
biggani.com is simply the best Bengali tech news site… congratulations and keep it up.

congrates great site
Written by Mahabub Haider Nezum, April 02, 2008
excellent job

Written by Rabeya, April 21, 2008
Through Biggani site, one can know about modern technology. As a result, I have learned a lot.
Especially the new discoveries in contemporary science. Thanks to Biggani.com for this.
[email protected]

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Written by Imam Taskin Alam, July 15, 2008
I’m just a regular kid. Just finished my intermediate exams. Writing in Bangla gives a childish thrill. Thanks biggani.com.

Awesome!!
Written by Arafat, October 24, 2008
I never thought there could be such a fantastic and visually attractive website in Bangla—only on science. I love this initiative. Keep it up. Thank you.

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Written by Mahmud Hossain, January 23, 2009
I have seen the site before. Today I became a member. I liked the site. Wishing success to the initiative.

thanks
Written by minsar, March 17, 2010
Thanks biggani, it is [an] asset of all Bengali people. We are proud of it.
thanks………a lot…….http://www.bdjobs24.co.nr/

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Award Recipients:

 

e-Business & Commerce

First Runner Up: MSME.com.bd, Bangladesh Telecentre Network
Second Runner Up: Goldenbusinessbd.com, Golden Bangladesh

 

Champion: Bangladesh Genocide Archive, Bangladesh Genocide Archive
First Runner Up: Amar Ekushe, BRT Group
Special Mention: Biplobider Kotha.com, BiplobiderKotha.Com

 

Champion: Digital Cane Procurement and evelopment System, Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation
First Runner Up: byabsharkhobor.com, Bangladesh Telecentre Network
Second Runner Up: e-Krishok, Bangladesh Institute of ICT in Development (BIID)
Special Mention: Ship Breaking in Bangladesh, Young Power in Social Action (YPSA)
Chairman’s Appreciations:
Jiggasha 7676, Win Incorporate
Tothyo Tori: Access to Information for Poor Communities at Haor Region, CARE Bangladesh

 

Champion: Lemon24.com, MCC Ltd.
Special Mention: CG Film Pekku, TRIMATRIK

Special Mention: Bdplay.com, bdplay.com

 

Champion: Customs Information Management System, DataSoft Systems Bangladesh Limited
1st Runner Up: National Web Portal of Bangladesh, Millennium Information Solution Ltd.
2nd Runner Up: Bangladesh Hajj Management Portal, Business Automation Ltd.
Special Mention: Mobile Phone Health Service , Management Information System (MIS)- Health

 

Champion: AG Breast Care – A Choice, Amader Gram
Special Mention: e-Adolescent Health Learning Software, TRIMATRIK

 

 

Champion: Daisy for All, Young Power in Social Action (YPSA)

 

Champion: Interactive
Multilingual Multimedia Education Software for class one to class two
of National Curriculum Text Book, Ananda Multimedia, Rangamati
First Runner Up: Computer Teaches Everyday English, Multimedia Content & Communications Ltd.
Chairman’s Appreciations:
Primary and Secondary Education Initiatives, English in Action
Education-Based Web Portal varsityadmission.com, Solar Soft Limited

 

Champion: Computer in Bangla for All, Ankur ICT Development Foundation
First Runner Up: Somewhere in Bangladesh & Blog, Somewhere in net ltd

 

Champion: Computer Jagat (live web casting and online news portal), Computer Jagat
First Runner Up: Techzoom24.com, Techzoom24.com

Special Mention: Biggani.org, Biggani.org

 

Champion: Paperless
Admission System of Shahjalal University of Science & Technology
(SUST), Shahjalal University of Science & Technology
First Runner Up: SMS ID – Empowering Identity Through Mobile SMS, i-infomedia

 

We have received three promising nominations but none of them was Final Winners by our honorable jurors during Jury Process.

 

 

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News published in The Daily Star

 http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=150180

 

Thirty-two
organisations were awarded yesterday for developing information and
communication technology, in the first national competition of its kind
in Bangladesh.

The science and ICT ministry and D.Net
(Development Research Network) organised the 2010 National e-Content and
ICT for Development Award. The winners will be eligible to contest in
the World Summit Award 2011 in Austria.

The organisers also
honoured some noted personalities for their lifetime contribution to
their respective fields by dedicating the awards to them at a ceremony
at the National Museum auditorium.

The contest played out in 14 categories both for online and off-line content and ICT products.

A
jury panel, consisting of ICT experts and other renowned people, picked
up the winners out of 48 finalists. A total of 93 initiatives have been
nominated for the contest.

The purpose of the awards was to
promote the best ICT initiatives and products related to the development
of livelihood and society.

In e-government and institutions
category, DataSoft Systems Bangladesh Ltd was awarded for its
private-public partnership project 'Customs Information Management
System', which has been implemented at the Chittagong port customs
office. The first runner-up award went to Millennium Information
Solution Ltd for the national web portal of Bangladesh. Business
Automation Ltd became the second runner-up for the Bangladesh Hajj
Management Portal. A special prize went to Management Information System
(MIS)-Health for its mobile phone health service.

Developer
Amader Gram has won the championship award in e-health category for its
AG Breast Care-A Choice initiative. A special award went to Trimatrik
for e-adolescent health learning software.

In learning and
education category, the champion was Rangamati-based Ananda Multimedia
for interactive multilingual multimedia education software for classes
I-II of national curriculum textbooks. The first runner-up was
Multimedia Content and Communications Ltd for its project: Computer
Teaches Everyday English. An education web portal, varsityadmission.com,
has been given an appreciation award for its primary and secondary
education initiative: English in Action.

bdplay.com was given a special award in e-games category.

In
entertainment category, Multimedia Content and communications Ltd was
the champion for its website lemon24.com. A special award went to
Trimatrik for its computer graphics animation film 'Pekku'.

Bangladesh
Genocide Archive received the championship award in culture and
heritage category, while BRT Group was the first runner-up for its 'Amar
Ekushe' multimedia compact disk. biplobiderkotha.com received a special
award.

biggani.org was given a special award in e-science and technology category.

In
business and commerce, no project was declared a champion, while the
first runner-up was Bangladesh Telecentre Network for its website
msme.com.bd and the second runner-up award went to Golden Bangladesh for
goldnebusiness.bd.com.

The highly contested category was
e-enterprise and livelihood, in which digital sugarcane procurement and
development system, designed by Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries
Corporation, won the first prize. The first runner-up was Bangladesh
Telecentre Network's byabsharkhobor.com and e-krishok.com ended up as
the second runner-up.

In the same category, a special award went
to Young Power in Social Action (YPSA) for its online advocacy platform
for workers involved in the ship-breaking industry:
shipbreakinginbd.info.

In e-inclusion and participation category,
YPSA got the top prize for Daisy for All (dfa.daisy.org), a project for
the disabled children.

The top prize in e-localisation category
went to Ankur ICT Development Foundation for its project — Computer in
Bangla for All. Somewhere in Net Ltd was honoured as the first runner-up
for somewhereinbangladesh.com, a popular blogsite.

In e-news
category, the championship prize was handed to computerjagat.com, a live
web casting and online news portal while techzoom24 became the first
runner-up.

The much-talked-about paperless admission system
taken by Shahjalal University of Science and Technology received the top
prize in m-content category. The first runner-up was i-Informedia's SMS
ID-empowering identity through mobile SMS.

The e-government and
institutions award was dedicated to Prof Rehman Sobhan, e-health award
to National Professor MR Khan, e-learning and education award to the
late Abdullah Al Muti-Sharfuddin, e-games award to Mustafa Monwar,
e-entertainment award to the late Abdul Alim, e-culture and heritage to
the late poet Shamsur Rahman, and e-science and technology award to the
late Dr Muhammad Kudrat-e-Khuda.

The organisers dedicated the
e-environment award to Prof Dwijen Sarma, e-business and commerce award
to the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, e-enterprise and
livelihood award to Angela Gomes, e-inclusion and participation award to
Bangladesh Army.

The e-localisation award was dedicated to
Ebika Biswas (the first mobile lady in Bangladesh), e-news award to the
late professor Abdul Kader (founder of Computer Jagat), and m-content
award to Prof Iqbal Z Quadir (chairman of Iqbal Quadir Foundation).

Finance
Minister AMA Muhith attended the ceremony as the chief guest, while
State Minister for Science and ICT Architect Yeafesh Osman was the
special guest.

The Daily Star and Prothom Alo were the organising partners of the event. Manusher Jonno Foundation was among the sponsors.