DHAKA:  Seven more companies were allotted land at the industrial zone of Bangabandhu Hi-Tech City in Gazipur. Bangabandhu Hi-Tech Park Authority (BHTPA) handed over the 20.41 acres of land to the companies for the next 40 years after signing the treaty. The contract was signed

The daughter of the founder of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has been arrested in Canada and faces extradition to the United States. Meng Wanzhou, Huawei's chief financial officer and deputy chair, was arrested in Vancouver on 1 December. Details of the arrest have not been

Indian Space Research Organisation or ISRO's GSAT-11 satellite also called the "Big Bird” was successfully launched into space today from the French space port of Kourou in South America. The satellite, launched at 2.07 am (IST), will help provide satellite-based internet to

Dhaka: A vested quarter across the country are attempting to cheat people by alluring them winning luxuries flats-apartment and car in a lottery through phone call. Bangladesh Telecommunication Company Limited (BTCL) urged its users to be aware about the lottery trap through phone

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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.

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 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

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

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