Today the telecom market leader in Bangladesh,Grameenphone has finally announced the long deserving tarrif plan. With the announcement of three new price packages Shohoj, Aapon,
Bondhu, along with djuice,
the pre-paid subscribers will enjoy a greatly reduced call rate as well as other benefits. The packages are interchangeable and easy to
migrate.

Grameenphone has confirmed that the Existing users can switch to the new
packages free of cost by next
month. New subscribers will also have the advantage of the new tarrif plan when they buy the connection at a reduced price. Any Grameenphone user can now switch to djuice, or vice versa. Tk 10 will be charged after April 13 for migration.

The Shohoj package will let
users who need to call all
mobile networks and offers
callers a low, flat rate of Tk
0.79 a minute and SMS at Tk 1
to any operator.
The Aapon package offers a
special daytime tariff
(12pm-4pm) and nighttime
tariff (12am-8am) of Tk 0.49
a minute.

Aapon users can
also call at Tk 0.49 a minute
and send SMS at Tk 0.50 to
three Grameenphone FnF
(friends and family) numbers
any time and SMS to any
operator at Tk 1.

The Bondhu package is for
users whose calls are usually
limited to a tight FnF circle.
This package offers the
highest number of FnFs and
users can call seven FnF
numbers at Tk 0.49 a minute
any time. Calls to all other
numbers are Tk 0.99 a
minute. SMS rates are Tk 0.50
a SMS to GP numbers and Tk 1
to other operator numbers.

However, the instructions for switching to packages has not yet been on the net. Watch the space for detail as soon as I get them,

So, who are you? Apon, Shohoj or Bondhu?

Tattoos, the art of crafting images, graphics or text on ones body, has become popular over time and is a very ancient art. It has a history of thousands of years. There is evidence of tattooing in Chile, Russia and Australia which gradually spread as an act of art across the world. Since then, thousands of people draw tattoos on their body.

The interesting fact is that it is now a very rich industry with constant developments. Tattoos are normally drawn with some easily-made instruments called the tattoo-gun consisting of a ordinary needle. These needles work very slow and has a great amount of risk involved of having infections. Latest research in tattoo technology gives the tattoo lovers a new taste of tattoo. Now there are electronic guns which can travel between the skin a thousand times in a minute. Technically, a modern tattoo gun works like a very good printer which makes it easy for the tattoo expert to draw almost anything. Designers now give a lot of time in designing a tattoo and targets a specific audience. Now anybody can select a tattoo of their favourite theme and through the web, it has just become more easier to find tattoos meaning strength or joy or just anything one feels to express. They are now more ‘psychologically’ designed.

Laser tattoo guns, that uses laser technology to inscribe tattoos on human body, are also emerging as a more comprehensive solution for tattoo lovers.

They call it a ‘Magical and Revolutionary’ Product (Source:Apple). The Apple iPad is set to hit the market on April 3rd. It is expected (at least the by manufacturers that it will be a sure shot like the iPhone, since it has much resemblance with the latter. With the features and appearance, it makes a clear assumption that millions of iPhone lovers is going to grasp the half-an-inch portable device that will allow them to surf the web, enjoy the movies and let do a lot more. Apple will begin pre-orders from 12th of this month. So are you after the iPad?

It has a loads of features to enjoy your multimedia experiences from watching a movie to surf the web. But what it more lacks, it seems to me, are the productivity. It’s not for you if you’re looking forward to consider it for. Watch out! it’s for Play only but the lightest. Even though there are thousands of applications available to the platform, it’s not offering a comprehensive productivity solution. You may call it a XXL size iPhone.

In short, however, the device is lightweight, thin and brilliantly designed. The more advantage is that it has a ‘Unbelievable’ price of $499!