Day: January 19, 2023

Chinese electronics company Xiaomi’s sub-brand Redmi is reputed for mid-range Smartphones. Redmi Note series targets the mid-range smartphone market which was first introduced in March 2014. Since this line-up's latest inclusion Note 12 series is known for its excellent value-for-money features and great hardware at an affordable price range. The upper variant of this series, the Redmi Note 12 Pro+ has been launched in China on November 1, 2022, and it started selling in India in the first week of January 2023. Let’s see what you can expect from Xiaomi’s Redmi Note 12 Pro Plus.

Key features of Redmi Note 12 Pro Plus

Design and Sounds

The Redmi Note 12 Pro+ 5G is a treat to hold, with its glass body providing a luxurious feel. Its rear panel curves gracefully into a flat plastic frame to make it comfortable to use for long periods of time, despite its 208g weight. The weight is distributed evenly, so it doesn’t feel too heavy in hand. Moreover, it has an IP53 rating, meaning it has basic protection against water splashes and dust.

The Redmi Note 12 Pro+ has a 3.5mm audio jack located at the top, accompanied by a dummy cutout for an additional speaker, a microphone cutout, and an IR emitter. It offers a Side fingerprint sensor.

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This phone has a dual-speaker system, with the earpiece acting as the secondary sound producer. Even though the sound output is loud, at maximum volume, a minor distortion can be heard. For a good balance between sound and quality, it is better to keep the speaker at 70 percent volume.

Display

The Redmi Note 12 Pro plus 5G provides an exceptional multimedia experience with its 6.67-inch AMOLED display. Its display features 394 PPI and its brightness ensures great visibility both indoors and outdoors. The display is built with the Corning®? Gorilla®? Glass 5. Its Normal brightness is 500 nits (typ) and HBM is 900 nits (typ).

The display is capable of displaying over a billion colors, providing deep blacks and vivid colors for a remarkable viewing experience. Additionally, the phone can support Dolby Vision HDR, WideVine L1, and HDR10 content on Netflix and other streaming services.

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Its curved-edge display with minimal bezels provides an incredibly immersive experience. However, if you prefer a flat display, the Redmi Note 12 Pro+ 5G won’t let you down, either. It refreshes dynamically between 30Hz, 60Hz, 90Hz, and 120Hz, depending on the content. it's Touch Sampling Rate reaches up to 240Hz.

Cameras

Boasting a powerful camera setup, the Redmi Note 12 Pro Plus is a must-have device. The primary camera is a 200-megapixel Samsung HPX sensor, complemented by an 8-megapixel ultra-wide-angle lens and a 2-megapixel macro sensor. This allows users to capture amazing shots with stunning detail.

This phone’s primary camera boasts excellent image quality with vibrant colors and a dynamic range. It holds a large 1/1.4-inch sensor yet still manages to take quick, instantaneous shots. Though, it has been noted that when a subject is backlit, there may be a slight occurrence of chromatic aberration.

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At night the main camera can produce excellent results, accurately exposing shadows without adding too much noise. Shots taken in Night mode may look a bit soft, likely due to a robust noise reduction algorithm. Highlights are also well-preserved, and the night sky looks as it should.

However, Xiaomi should work on improving the Portrait mode’s blur effect. As per some users, it is often too aggressive, resulting in an artificial look. Additionally, the processing of this mode is slightly too sharp.

The Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro Plus boasts impressive video recording capabilities, making it a great choice for those who love to capture memories. Its primary sensor can capture videos in up to 4K resolution at 30 frames-per-second, while its ultra-wide-angle sensor can record at 1080p and 30fps.

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The macro lens can record in 720p resolution at 960fps, and the front camera can even record 1080p videos at 60fps. Additionally, this device offers a range of fun extra features, such as Vlogs and filters, to help you capture your memories in style.

Additionally, The Redmi Note 12 Pro Plus is more than just hardware - it offers a multitude of camera features for users to explore. These include Vlog Mode, Ultra HD mode (allowing for 50-megapixel and 200-megapixel images), Long exposure, and Pro mode.

It even has a special AI SkyScaping mode in MIUI, which allows for a variety of filters to be applied to just the sky without altering the whole image.

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Performance and Software

The Redmi Note 12 Pro Plus is designed to provide an optimal combination of performance and efficiency, thanks to its MediaTek Dimensity 1080 system-on-chip featuring a 6nm Manufacturing Process. CPU's clock speed can run up to 2.6 GHz. The graphic unit is equipped with the ARM Mali-G68 MC4 GPU featuring up to 950MHz speed.

It is capable of effortlessly handling everyday tasks, as well as more demanding tasks such as gaming and multimedia editing. With extended use, such as 4K video recording, the phone can become slightly warm; however, this does not make it uncomfortable to handle or operate. Thanks to its Vapor Chamber Cooling Technology that offers a 3000mm² Vapor Chamber.

Its LPDDR4X RAM sports UFS 2.2 data transfer technology. It comes in 256GB 8GB RAM and 256GB 12GB RAM variants. Here you get dual SIM support.

The Xiaomi Mi 11 Pro runs on the Android 12 operating system and features the MIUI 13 user interface. While the interface does come with certain pre-installed apps, many of these can be removed from the system.

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Notifications from certain system apps, such as Cleaner, GetApps, Themes, and Game Center, may be sent without the user’s permission. However, a setting is available in the system settings, which allows users to snooze or turn off such notifications.

Battery and Charging

This phone is the complete package, with a 5000 mAh battery that can last up to 24 hours on the 5G network with a 120Hz refresh rate. The 120W fast charger included with the phone can charge the battery to full capacity in a mere 19 minutes.

Price of Redmi Note 12 Pro+

The Note 12 Pro Plus is officially priced at 29,999 rupees or Tk. 39,268.95 (1 rupee = Tk. 1.31) for the 8 GB variant. The phone is yet to be launched in Bangladesh. The official price of 12 Pro+ may vary in Bangladesh due to tax and other issues.

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Verdict

Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro Plus is an impressive device that offers a range of incredible features. Its 120Hz AMOLED display and 200MP primary camera make it stand out, while its 120W fast charging and long-lasting battery make it a great choice for busy people. Despite the 8MP ultrawide camera and 2MP macro sensor not living up to expectations, the Note 12 Pro Plus is still an excellent phone.

Source: United News of Bangladesh

Israeli troops shot and killed two Palestinians during a military raid in the occupied West Bank early Thursday, Palestinian media reported, as Israeli-Palestinian violence continued to surge.

The official news agency Wafa identified the dead as Jawad Bawatqa, 58, and Adham Jabarin. They were shot in the Jenin refugee camp in northern West Bank.

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The Palestinian media said Bawatqa was a teacher, while the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade — an armed militia affiliated with Fatah, the secular political party that controls the Palestinian Authority — claimed Jabarin as a fighter.

The Israeli military said it had no immediate comment.

Palestinian media also reported that the Israeli forces arrested a local official of the militant group Islamic Jihad in Jenin.

Tensions have soared in the West Bank, where the Israeli military has been conducting near-nightly arrest raids since last spring, after a wave of Palestinian attacks against Israelis that killed 19 people. Another 10 Israelis were killed in a second string of attacks later last year.

Israel says the raids are meant to dismantle militant networks and thwart future attacks. The Palestinians see them as further entrenchment of Israel’s open-ended, 55-year occupation of lands they seek for their future state.

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Thursday’s deaths put at 17 the number of Palestinians killed by the Israeli military in the West Bank since the beginning of 2023.

Nearly 150 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire in the West Bank and east Jerusalem in 2022, according to figures by the Israeli rights group B’Tselem, making it the deadliest year since 2004.

Israel says most of the dead were militants. But Palestinian stone-throwers, youths protesting the incursions and others not involved in confrontations also have been killed.

Source: United News of Bangladesh

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday called upon the public universities to raise their own funds through the alumni associations for their own development and welfare programmes.

“Every university has an alumni association and through this they can create their own funds for the development of universities and the implementation of projects for the welfare of students,” she said.

The premier made this call while the members of the Standing Committee of Bangladesh University Parishad (Bangladesh University Council) comprising vice chancellors of various public universities,

called on her at her official residence Ganabhaban.

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After the meeting, Prime Minister's Deputy Press Secretary KM Sakhawat Moon briefed the reporters.

Placing importance on maintaining good relations with students the PM said, besides studies students should be made useful for the development of the country.

“Students of Bangladesh are very talented, if they are given a little chance, they can bring a higher degree from abroad after completing their university studies,” she said.

To this end, she called upon the university teachers to be more responsible and attentive to make the students suitable.

She said that to fulfill the dream of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to build a golden Bengal, golden boys and girls should be raised in the universities.

The prime minister said that university students should be involved in sports, cultural activities and creative activities in addition to studies so that they stay away from terrorism and militancy.

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For this purpose, Hasina urged to take the initiative to start the inter-university sports competition again.

She recalled that once upon a time there was rampant use of weapons in university shootings, but after Awami League came to power, there is no clanking of weapons and terrorism and militancy in the country have been suppressed with a firm hand.

Pointing out that the government has given importance to the development of the skills of the youth, she said that steps have been taken to ensure that the youth can become entrepreneurs and provide jobs to others instead of chasing jobs after studying.

PM Hasina said that whenever Awami League comes to power, the rate and quality of education in the country increases.

In this context, she mentioned that her government has given importance to development of education, research, production and excellence as well as skill development.

At the same time, the prime minister said that the government is gradually moving the country towards industrialization by maintaining the balance of the environment.

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Hasina said that the government has developed Digital Bangladesh under the guidance of her information and communication technology advisor Sajib Wazed Joy.

She expressed her determination to build a developed, prosperous and smart Bangladesh in 2041 by maintaining this continuity of development.

In the event, the vice-chancellors of government universities raised various problems of their respective universities and the PM gave a patient hearing with assurance to solve those gradually.

Source: United News of Bangladesh

At the formal opening of the Hyundai car manufacturing plant in Gazipur’s Kaliakoir today, distinguished guests hailed it as a “potential a game changer” not only in the Bangladesh automobile market and industry, but also in the overall partnership between the country and South Korea.

Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun inaugurated the Hyundai car manufacturing plant as the chief guest.

State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak; Captain Tajul Islam, MP; South Korean Ambassador to Bangladesh Lee Jang-keun; Fair Group Chairman Ruhul Alam Al Mahbub; its Director Mutassim Daiaan; Managing Director and CEO of Hyundai Motors India Unsoo Kim, among others, spoke on the occasion.

“It’s historic day. It is the beginning of a new era. It (Hyundai) will become a very popular brand here,” Industries Minister Nurul Majid said.

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He said Bangladesh is advancing fast in every sector, and assured of government support to Hyundai’s journey in Bangladesh. “Bangladesh is a big internal market,” he said.

Appreciating Fair Group Chairman Mahbub’s efforts, the industries minister said, “He is a dynamic man. He has already shown how a young entrepreneur can achieve big things with such a big factory. That tells the Bangladesh story.”

Fair Group Chairman Mahbub said that it is Bangladesh’s time to move ahead further and they will invest more and create more jobs for the country.

South Korean Ambassador Lee said Fair Technology’s Hyundai automobile factory will not only allow the Bangladesh consumers to purchase globally recognized, top-quality cars at an affordable price, but will also contribute to the technological and industrial development of automobiles in Bangladesh.

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The presence of Hyundai Motors, the 3rd largest global supplier of automobiles, in Bangladesh will bring numerous positive ripple effects in various businesses and industries, he said.

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Inauguration of Hyundai car plant in Gazipur

The Hyundai assembly factory in Bangladesh will play an important role in taking the partnership and friendship between South Korea and Bangladesh to another level, the ambassador hoped.

Fair Group has taken a major initiative and demonstrated leadership by bringing in the two biggest Korean companies, Samsung and Hyundai, to Bangladesh, said Ambassador Lee.

“Bringing in Korean big names to Bangladesh has been a constant important task and goal for both Korea and Bangladesh. And now it is finally happening thanks to the Fair Group,” he said.

Samsung Electronics, which started manufacturing in Bangladesh less than 10 years ago, is already leading the electronic consumer market in the country, said the envoy.

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Samsung mobile phones have become the number one brand in just a few years after it started manufacturing here.

“Today, we are witnessing the opening of a new chapter in the Korea-Bangladesh partnership. Automobile industry has been just added to the list of our successful partnership and collaboration. Starting from RMG, now we are seeing collaboration in new frontier areas including electronics, infrastructure and automobiles,” said the South Korean envoy.

He said this year will mark a milestone in taking the South Korea-Bangladesh relationship into a new height. “I will do my utmost, together with my Bangladesh friends and partners, to make it happen. Korea is very proud to be a partner of Bangladesh in every aspect during the past 50 years.”

Source: United News of Bangladesh

Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB), the state marketing agency, will import 1.10 crore (11 million) litres of soybean oil and 8,000 metric tons (MT) of lentil from private suppliers to sell hose through open market sale programme (OMS).

Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCPG) approved two separate proposals in this regard in a virtual meeting of the committee, presided over by Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal.

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According to the proposals, placed by the Commerce Ministry on behalf of its subordinate body, the TCB will import 1.10 crore litres of soybean oil at a cost of Tk 200.20 crore with per litre at Tk 182 while 8,000 MT of lentil will be procured from ETC Agro Processing Pvt. Ltd., India (Local Agent: Export Trading BD Ltd, Dhaka at a cost of Tk 73.96 crore.

The committee also approved three more proposals of different ministries.

A proposal of the Roads and Highways Department received the nod of the committee to award a contract for construction of Lot No. DS-3 of the WP-02 Package of the “Sasek Dhaka-Sylhet Corridor Road Development” project the Joint Venture of (1) HEGO, China; (2) Approved purchase from Mir Akhter, Bangladesh at Tk 1055.20 crore.

The committee approved a proposal of the Public Works Department to award a contract for electrical work of the project: “Construction of 9 Residential Tower Buildings for Policemen in Dhaka Metropolitan Area” to Noorani Construction Ltd at Tk 23.20 crore.

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The committee gave nod to proposal of the Bangladesh Civil Aviation Authority for its project "Construction of General Aviation Hangar, Hangar Apron and Apron on North Side of Fire Station at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport '' for extension at cost of Tk 26.79 crore.

The Joint Venture of (1) BUCG; (2) NDE and (3) AERONESS, Bangladesh has been implementing the project as its contractor.

Source: United News of Bangladesh

France wants to enhance cooperation with Bangladesh and will have “ever closer” cooperation with countries of the Indo-Pacific, “significantly with Bangladesh” to address major challenges in terms of climate change and security, says a visiting senior French official.

“It gives us a golden opportunity to review the common works we pursue together, decide new projects and initiatives across the board,” Bertrand Lortholary, Director for Asian Affairs (General Political Directorate) at the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs told reporters on Thursday.

France and Bangladesh share the same vision for a “free, open, peaceful, secure and inclusive” Indo-Pacific region, based on international law and with shared prosperity for all.

Responding to a question, Lortholary said there is a lot the two countries can do and military to military cooperation is part of that defence and security cooperation.

“When we talk about security, we also talk about the security of maritime transport, traffic of goods on the oceans, and tackle together illegal fishing. We are also talking about the peacekeeping operations where Bangladesh has a prominent position,” he said.

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Earlier, the French official had a political consultation with the Bangladesh side led by Director General (West Europe and EU) Kazi Russel Pervez and discussed issues of mutual interest including economic cooperation , people to people exchanges, connectivity, scientific cooperation and issues related to climate change.

Ambassador of France to Bangladesh Marie Masdupuy, Deputy Head of Mission Guillaume Audren de Kerdrel and Deputy Director, French Development Agency (FDA) Cecilia Cortese were also present at the meeting.

“We are enjoying a thriving relationship. We have a very solid foundation,” said the French official, referring to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s state visit to France in November 2021.

During Hasina’s state visit, the two countries stated their will to further develop the defence and security component of their partnership.

To that end, both countries agreed to strengthen dialogue and continue their cooperation, in particular the area of training, which was launched during the visit.

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The two countries will be holding the second consultation in Paris next year.

Source: United News of Bangladesh