Thursday, 28 Nov, 2024

Tech

Google challenged over location tracking

Google has been accused of flouting European data protection laws when it tracks users' locations. A coalition of seven consumer organisations is filing complaints with local data protection regulators over Google's tracking system. The complaints draw on research by one

December 12 ‘Digital Bangladesh Day’ now on

DHAKA: The 12th of December will be observed as ‘Digital Bangladesh Day’ instead of ‘National ICT Day’ from now on. The cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, made the approval in its regular meeting at the secretariat Monday (Nov 26). Cabinet Secretary Mohammad

Cost of Bangabandhu-1 to come up in 7.5 years

DHAKA: The amount spent in buying and sending the Bangabandhu Sattelite-1 into orbit is expected to be realized within seven and a half years. “If everything moves ahead in planned ways, the whole amount invested for the satellite will be gained within half time of its term of

ICT Lab to be set up in every educational institute: Jabbar

DHAKA:  Posts, Telecommunications and Information Communication Technology (ICT) Minister Mustafa Jabbar said ICT lab and multimedia classrooms will be set up at every educational institution of the country within next two years. To implement this goal, it is necessary to train

Online campaign for creating positive Bangladesh content

DHAKA:  A campaign called ‘Valobasar Bangladesh’ (Bangladesh of Love) is going on to create positive Bangladesh content for social networking sites including Google-YouTube before celebrating the Golden Jubilee of Bangladesh liberation. “Typing Bangladesh on YouTube, we don’t

4 Bangladeshi projects get ASOCIO-2018 award

DHAKA: Four government and non-government organizations of Bangladesh received honorary awards under four categories in ASOCIO Digital Summit 2018. The summit was organized by Asian-Oceanian Computing Industry Organization (ASOCIO), a grouping of ICT industry associations representing

Bangladeshi youths join Future Youth Summit 2018

DHAKA: A number of Bangladeshi youths are set to participate in various levels at Future Youth Summit 2018 at Sunway University in Malaysia. Some of the youths have been included in the organizing committee, speaker management department, human resource department, and sponsor and

Govt developing software for differently-abled persons: Jabbar

DHAKA: Posts, Telecommunications and Information Communication Technology (ICT) minister Mustafa Jabbar said the government is developing software with Bengali language based ICT services for ‘differently-abled’ people. Those who are both deaf-mute but can see will be benefited by

Samsung to launch Galaxy folding screen smartphone

Samsung has unveiled a folding handset at an event in San Francisco. It described its Infinity Flex Display as "the foundation of the smartphone of tomorrow" and said it intended to start production within months. When unfolded, the device resembles a 7.3in (18.5cm) tablet. When

Mustafa Jabbar for making new generation eligible in modern world

DHAKA: Telecom and ICT Minister Mustafa Jabbar said the country will be lagging behind as a nation if it fails to make new generation qualified for the modern world.  The minister was addressing a program titled “Skills Development for Mobile Games and Applications project” as the

Mustafa Jabbar for incorporating ICT in primary education

DHAKA: Post, Telecommunication and ICT Minister Mustafa Jabbar said Information and Communication Technology (ICT) based contents should be included in primary education to buildup the young generation with proper knowledge of this subject.  Mentioning the programming contest for

ICT directorate inks billion-dollar deal with CRIG

DHAKA: The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Directorate has signed an accord with China Railway International Group (CRIG) to implement a project "Establishing Digital Connectivity" with an aim to provide high speed internet connectivity into remote areas of the country.

Huawei ‘Mate 20’ unveiled in China, to reach Bangladesh in Nov

SHANGHAI (CHINA): Chinese handset-maker Huawei has launched Mate 20 series in China market on Friday (Oct 26). The Mate 20 handsets will be launched to Bangladeshi market in November, the company confirmed.  However, the date of launch is yet to be disclosed. Huawei opened the

Google sacks 48 staff over sexual harassment

Google has sacked 48 people for sexual harassment in the last two years, it has emerged. The terminations included 13 senior managers. Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, made the announcement in an email to all employees on Thursday. The email, obtained by CNBC, was in response to a

BTRC asks mobile operators to explain call drop

DHAKA: Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) on Monday (October 22) issued letters to all the mobile operators seeking explanation about call drop incidents and asked them to submit reports within next five working days. The regulatory body issued the letter a day

NASA Space Apps Challenge 2018 kicks off

Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) along with BASIS Student’s Forum have organized consecutively for the 4th time ‘NASA Space Apps Challenge 2018.’ NASA implemented this project in 250 cities globally this year while BASIS organized this event in

Jabbar for avoiding ‘duality’ of dev projects to curtail cost

DHAKA: Post, Telecommunication and ICT Minister Mustafa Jabbar underscored the need for avoiding duality of developmental projects to save government funds. The minister was addressing as chief guest at an inauguration program on a pilot project titled ‘Avoiding duality of

20 lakh youths to get IT trainings by 2021

NATORE: State Minister for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Zunaid Ahmed Palak said IT related trainings will be provided to two lakh youths of the country by the year 2021. The state minister made the remarks while addressing as chief guest at a program to inaugurate a

Bangladesh wins 6 awards in APICTA 2018

DHAKA: Bangladesh has won one Champion Award and five Merit Awards at the Prestigious APICTA Awards 2018.  At Senior Student Category RAJUK Uttara Model College’s Project Feed’em has become the Champion. Besides, Bangladesh has won 5 Merit Awards in 5 Different Categories. The

Digital Security Act required preventing offences: Minister

DHAKA: Posts, Telecommunications and IT Minister Mustafa Jabbar said the more the offences will increase in digital spaces, the more the necessity of Digital Security Act will be required. The minister, as the chief guest, was addressing the opening ceremony of Five Star mobile phone