DHAKA: A seminar on “E-Commerce and Women Empowerment in Developing Countries” was held at UNCTAD E-Commerce Week 2018, the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland on Wednesday (April 18).  The session was jointly organized by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

DHAKA: The persisting bad weather has caused electricity disruption in many parts of the country including Faridpur and Barishal areas, affecting the mobile networks too.  As a result, some subscribers may face sporadic service interruptions.  The Telecom operators are working

DHAKA: Association of Mobile Telecom Operators of Bangladesh (AMTOB) presented a proposal to NBR for lifting the 21.75pc tax imposed on mobile phone internet. The tax includes VAT (Value Added Tax), SD and surcharge. Besides, leaders of the telecom operators’ body also urged for

DHAKA: Bangladesh has become the top destination country for increasing demand of outsourcing worldwide, said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ICT Adviser also her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy. Joy, as the chief guest, was addressing the inauguration program of two-day long Business Process

DHAKA: Like previous years, the world's search engine giant is celebrating Pahela Baishakh, the first day of the Bangla new year, by replacing its regular home page graphic with a special doodle. The doodle, featuring a parade of colorful banners in the shape of an elephant, has

DHAKA: The High Court directed the government to realize all sorts of tax including VAT on internet-based service providers including Google, YouTube and Facebook. Besides, the court also issued a rule asking why directions should not be given to collect tax from all those companies.

DHAKA: Russia is set to invest on a large scale in the IT sector of Bangladesh. A deal with leading Bangladeshi IT company ‘Unicom Bangladesh’ was signed with an aim to develop cyber security and e-governance jointly.  The deal was signed between Unicom Bangladesh and Right, at

DHAKA: Finally, the Bangabandhu Satellite-1, the first satellite of Bangladesh, is scheduled to be launched on May 4. Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) Chairman Shahjahan Mahmud said on Wednesday (April 11). The satellite will be launched from Florida’s

DHAKA: Unique Business System Limited has launched HP DesignJet printer in Bangladesh, said a press release issued on Thursday (April 5). The printer consisting of special features is very effective for the simplification of educational curriculum operations in country’s different

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