DHAKA: Technologist Mustafa Jabbar has been elected executive committee president of Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) for 2016-19. The election was held at BASIS auditorium in BDBL building in city’s Karwan Bazar area on Saturday (June 25) and the

DHAKA: As the Eid-ul-Fitr approaches, people are busy planning their Eid travels. On the other hand, for the people who decide to stay in Dhaka during this vacation, making a trip to the movie theatres has become a must activity. Considering the fact that the country will be enjoying a

DHAKA: A total of 132,649,000 people are subscribers of six mobile telecom companies in Bangladesh and 63,316,000 are internet users. Of them, nearly six crores use internet throught mobile phones. Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) published the statistics till

DHAKA: Edison Group unveiled their new brand 3D touch Android smartphone Helio S20 in Bangladesh. This LTE compatible smartphone has 5.5 inch Amoled Full HD Display which will enable this handset to take pictures and videos in full HD Mode with a resolution of 1980X1080. Because of

DHAKA: Global brand LG smartphones in different price range, including LG’s flagship smartphone LG G5 are now available for Robi subscribers with Hire Purchase Scheme (HPS). The HPS scheme has been offered for the first time in the country’s telco industry, says a press release.

DHAKA: Grameenphone, the largest telecom operator of the country, launched Grameenphone Express on Wednesday (June 22), a base of 1000+ one-stop store for devices and digital products to help its customers embrace digital lifestyle. GP issued a press release in this regard. GP

DHAKA: Banglalink, one of the leading digital communications service providers, has become Associate Telecom partner of Sehri Nights organized by Foodiez. Since youths have always been the most active buzzer of Foodiez, this is one of the most hyped events among the youth during the

DHAKA: A sizeable 49 percent of school students in Bangladesh have experienced either ‘being bullied or disturbed online,’ ‘being bullied by the same person both online and offline’ or have actually engaged in bullying others online. According to a cyberbullying statistics

DHAKA: Banglalink ‘Father’s Day win a luxurious Car Contest’ is giving customers a golden opportunity to win a brand new Toyota VITZ Car for their father. Banglalink has come forward with the offer to give its customers a chance to celebrate the day, said a press release on

DHAKA: Robi recently organized another “Internet4U” session with the UCEP students under its Corporate Responsibility (CR) initiatives. Around 100 students and their faculty members took part in the engaging session. The UCEP students were provided with a clear guideline on safe

Firoze M Zahidur Rahman, Guest Writer DHAKA: When I started the business, most common refusal was – do you have a reference? How many people/organizations use your software? Who are your customers? I just started the business, how can I have references? Competitions were too large

DHAKA: Beijing’s Intellectual Property Office has ruled against Apple in a patent dispute brought by a Chinese handset maker. The iPhone 6 and 6S models are similar to Shenzhen Baili’s little-known 100C phone, the authority ruled. In theory, this could lead to iPhone sales being

DHAKA: Robi, country’s one of the leading mobile operator, has recently launched a state-of-the-art one of a kind digital platform, MobiReach, to deliver mobile phone-based advertisements straight to the customer’s pocket. This is the first such dedicated mobile advertising

DHAKA: Assurance Developments Limited has signed a Business Solutions agreement with Grameenphone Ltd (GP) to avail state of the art telecommunications solutions. The agreement was signed by Engineer Md. Arifur Rahman, CEO of Assurance Developments Limited and Sajjad Alam, Head of

DHAKA: Telecom giant Telenor has launched Tonic, a service that provides basic medical information as well as more sophisticated services. Tonic has launched first in Bangladesh via Telenor-owned Grameenphone, the country’s largest operator with over 57 million customers. Being

DHAKA: Microsoft Corp. snapped up LinkedIn Corp. for $2,602 crore in the largest acquisition in its history, betting the professional social network can rev up the tech titan’s software offerings despite recent struggles by both companies. The deal is Chief Executive Satya

Bangladesh Global Summit 2016 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia masterminded by the All European Bangladesh Association (AEBA) is going be a unique event for building a lasting bridge between Bangladeshis living in the Diaspora.  It will also tune & energize Non Resident Bangladeshis (NRB)

DHAKA: Microsoft is buying the professional networking website LinkedIn for just over $26bn in cash. The software giant will pay $196 a share - a premium of almost 50% to Friday’s closing share price. The deal will help Microsoft boost sales of its business and email software.

DHAKA: In our society, people tend to have a heightened sense of eagerness to be an ambassador of goodwill during the holy month of Ramadan. It is in this backdrop that the Robi TVC makes an appeal to the people to extend a helping hand to the community using the power of internet.

DHAKA: India has rejected Google's plans to collect images for its Street View service in the country after objections from security agencies. Officials told that there were concerns that the service would compromise the country's security, BBC reports on Friday (June 10).