Dear Friends,
It is our great pleasure that, the event of 7 years’ celebration of Bangladesh Local Guides has been done successfully on 11th June, 2021, Friday.
Also, it is to be mentioned here that, we celebrated the 7 years’ anniversary on the 7th March,2021 ( [RECAP] Startup of BDLG 7 years celebration ) in a limited extent as planed to arrange the event in a large form with gorgeously. Accordingly, called for online registration among the members of Bangladesh Local Guides for participating in the event and 220 local guides were finally selected for participation in the 7 years’ celebration through a selection process. But, we had to change the event date few times due to Corona pandemic.
Finally, the most awaited 7 years of Bangladesh Local as well as 161 meetups celebrated on 11th June, 2021, Friday and held in Mawa, near Dhaka, at the newly launched most viral and popular restaurant “Project Hilsa”. You may visit my recent post in local guide connect on "Project Hilsa - An Architecturally Iconic and Largest Restaurant in Bangladesh "
In the event, 120 local guides from all over Bangladesh were participated through a selection process. Also, around 20 invited guests has attended for inspiring us.
BDLG Anniversary celebrations are usually arranged on a specific theme in connection on a contemporary public awareness issue. The main purpose of the event was to give volunteers the opportunity to gain insights and knowledge on the theme so that they can play a role in raising public awareness. This year’s program mail title was “Save energy towards better future” and theme was “Renewable Energy and Energy saving Scope in Bangladesh ".
Mr. Abdul Gaffar, Representative Engineer of Solar Land Bangladesh Limited, a multinational company working on renewable electricity, gave an informative presentation on the renewable energy sector in Bangladesh, various ways to earn from renewable electricity and various energy saving techniques.
We are happy to find one of the old BDLG member @SoniaK , who joined us online from USA and speak to BDLG members & inspired us.
Local guide Mr. Sirajul Azad was the main organizer of the 7 Years celebration event. He called upon the members of all local guides to work for the betterment and enrichment of various information of Bangladesh on Google Maps. He also highlighted the ongoing activities of Google Local Guide. Mr. Zahirul Islam, one of the members of the local guide, was in charge of conducting the program.
Besides, Community moderator Mr. Mahabub Hasan gave a short speech on various techniques of Google Map community.
Mr. Taslim Ahmed, Director, Project Hilsa explained the details of the establishment of Project Hilsa, the unique features of the restaurant and how they have managed to save electricity by using daylight technology in their restaurant and using this system saving the electricity by using natural light. Mr. Sukanto, CEO of Project Hilsa, spoke about the variety and quality of the restaurant’s food.
Mr. Masudur Rahim, CEO of Omera Solar and Mr. Junaid Quader Rush, General Secretary of EXSAACSC were present as special guests to encourage the members of Bangladesh Local Guide. They assured the cooperation of Bangladesh Local Guide in any need. The Employment BD was in overall support.
The reunion of Bangladesh Local Guide was completed with great joy and enthusiasm.
we are also happy that, some prominent national and international news paper coverage the news on the event, few coverage spotted here for information.
