DHAKA: Facebook believes the data of up to 87 million people was improperly shared with the political consultancy Cambridge Analytica. About 1.1 million of them are UK-based, BBC was told. The overall figure had been previously quoted as being 50 million by the whistleblower

DHAKA: Vivo V9, an Android-based smartphone, comes with 24MP front-facing shooter. 6.3-inch Full HD+ AMOLED screen Vivo V9 is called ‘Perfect Shoot Perfect View’. Besides, a lot of new things it feature. The Vivo V9 is powered by 2.2GHz octa-core Snapdragon 626 processor and

Country’s one of the prominent ICT Entrepreneurs Luna Shamsuddoha has been appointed as Chairman of Janata Bank on February 28, 2018. She is the founder and Chairman of the famous software company Dohatec New Media. Besides, she also holds the position of President in Bangladesh Women

Bangladesh is being prioritized to expand the market of Hitachi products and services. Among the Asian countries, market of our products and services has been expanded so broadly in Bangladesh in last couple of years that made us interested to give more concentration to this market.

DHAKA: Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) warned the mobile phone operators for not charging more than Tk 5 while a user uses the internet being unaware of his package ending. The mobile operators have been asked to follow the instruction from March 1.   There

Samsung launched its flagship S9 smartphone on Sunday with an improved camera and augmented reality (AR) capabilities to challenge Apple's iPhone X. The South Korean electronics giant released two versions of the device: a 5.9-inch S9 and 6.2-inch S9+. Both feature an almost

DHAKA: The award giving ceremony of the four-day long BASIS Soft Expo-2018 held at Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC) on Saturday evening (February 25).  Post, Telecommunication and Information Technology minister Mustafa Jabbar was the chief guest at the program. 

DHAKA: A new committee of BASIS E-Commerce Alliance was formed on Sunday (February 25), the third day of BASIS SoftExpo-2018. BASIS Director Mostafizur Rahman Sohel was made convener of the committee. Bagdoom.com Chief Executive Officer Syeda Quamrun Ahmed, MasterCard Bangladesh

DHAKA: The leaders of the country’s ICT sector, in a bid to inspire the newcomers, are set to focus on how to become successful in the field.   As young generation is keen to know the prospects, possibilities and challenges to build their careers in the sector, the event titled -

DHAKA: Machine learning expert Alan Edelman expressed his keenness to train Bangladeshi young programmers in developing new technologies through Artificial Intelligence. Alan Stuart Edelman, father of the programming language Julia, is a Professor of Applied Mathematics at the

DHAKA: A seminar tiled ‘IoT-Changing Lifestyle: Application in Energy & Other Utility Services’ was held on the second day of BASIS Soft Expo-2018 at Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC) in Dhaka Friday (February 23).   The Prime Minister's Energy Adviser Dr

DHAKA: Digital entrepreneurs urged telecom regulator to ‘ensure’ net neutrality as internet service providers make anarchy in the sector preferring specialized services, tech experts alleged at a seminar on Thursday. Net neutrality is the principle that governments should mandate

A seminar titled ‘Robotics and Artificial Intelligence and Bangladesh: Application in Business and Industry Automation’ was held at Bangabandhu International Conference Center on Thursday (Feb 22), the first day of Software Expo 2018.  The key note paper was presented by Lafifa

DHAKA: With the slogan - Designing the Future, BASIS SoftExpo 2018 is set to kick off on Thursday (February 22) at Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC).  The 4-day event will be a congregation of ICT companies, personalities, key policy makers, industry leaders and other

DHAKA: Bangladesh has started its journey in the fastest digital connectivity world with the launching of fourth-generation (4G) mobile internet on Monday (February 19). Mobile phone operators- Grameenphone, Robi, Banglalink and state-run Teletalk- have received 4G licenses from

DHAKA: ADN Edu Services Limited (a sister concern of ADN Group) has partnered with Aptech (world’s premier IT training and education service provider) to announce the grand inauguration of its four power brands - Aptech Computer Education, Arena Multimedia, Aptech Hardware & Networking

DHAKA: The app-based ride-sharing services including Uber and Pathao have suspended operation amid growing concerns revolving the delivery of a verdict against BNP Chief Khaleda Zia in a graft case Thursday (February 8).  In an announcement issued early in the morning, Uber said they

More than 175,000 children go online for the first time every day – a new child every half second – UNICEF said on Tuesday (February 6). Digital access exposes these children to a wealth of benefits and opportunities, but also to a host of risks and harms, including access to harmful

DHAKA: The number of mobile phone and internet users in the country stands at around 14.5 crore and 8 crore respectively by the end of 2017. Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) disclosed the statistics updated till December last year on Monday (January 29).

CHITTAGONG: Chittagong IT Conference 2018 was held at an up-scale Hotel in Chittagong recently, said a press release Friday (January 26).  The goal of this event was to bring the IT Community of Chittagong together in order to promote entrepreneurship in the IT Industry.  The