DHAKA: Four young journalists from Bangladesh, representing different media took part in the first joint press-tour arranged by Russia’s state nuclear corporation- Rosatom and Federal Agency under Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs- Rossotrudnichestvo which took place from September

DHAKA: Google unveiled 2015's Nexus smartphones - the LG-made Nexus 5X, and the Huawei-made Nexus 6P. Alongside, the new Pixel C tablet was announced, and new Chromecast products - specifically, the second-gen Chromecast dongle, Chromecast Audio, and the Chromecast App.David Burke, VP

DHAKA: Bangladesh Telecommunication Company Limited (BTCL) has lowered the price of bandwidth that was effective from September 1.The highest bandwidth monthly charge per MBPS has made Tk 960 and the lowest Tk 360.A press release said on Tuesday.According to the release, BTCL has revised

DHAKA: Apple on Monday announced it has sold more than 13 million new iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus models, a new record, just three days after launch.An Apple press release said that iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus will be available in more than 40 additional countries beginning October 9

DHAKA: The ‘ICT and SDGs’ report, an outcome of joint research between the Earth Institute, Columbia University and Ericsson was published in New York on 23 September, ahead of the United Nations SDG Summit.The report highlights ICT’s role in accelerating achievement of the United

DHAKA: CTO Forum president and also CTO of NCC Bank Ltd Tapan Kanti Sarkar has recently been honored with ‘The Most Successful IT Expert in Banking Sector’ award.State minister for foreign affairs ministry Shahriar Alam handed over the award to the CTO Forum president on the occasion

DHAKA: Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has announced plans to help bring the internet to UN refugee camps.Speaking at a UN forum in New York, Zuckerberg said it would help refugees access aid and maintain family links.He also said Facebook would be part of a new campaign to make the

DHAKA: Whenever we need to find something, most of us simply go to search engine giant Google. But you will be surprised to know that despite having answers of almost everything, it really don’t know when it was born. Yes, you read it right. Google is celebrating its 17th birthday

DHAKA: The new iPhone 6s and 6s Plus hit stores Friday, with dozens of people — and a robot — queuing in Sydney to kick off a global sales cycle that will be scrutinized for signs of how much juice Apple Inc’s marquee product has left.Analysts expect 12 million to 13 million phones

NATORE: State minister for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Zunaid Ahmed Palak said that the incumbent Awami League (AL) government will establish one lakh free Wi-Fi hotspot internet zone across the country by three years.He made this disclosure after inaugurating Singra

DHAKA: Social networking giant Facebook has released a new tool to help journalists find, organise and publish content found on its extensive network.The tool called Signal, helps journalists find, source, and embed content from Facebook and Instagram. The tool will be free for

DHAKA: Google is sending out invites for an event on September 29 in San Francisco, and the search engine giant is expected to launch its latest Nexus smartphones, apart from a new Chromecast dongle.Google's Nexus smartphones for the year have been in the news for a while with numerous

DHAKA: Apple has said it is taking steps to remove a malicious program found in a number of applications used by owners of iPhones and iPads in China.It is thought to be the first large-scale attack on Apple's App Store, BBC reported.The US tech giant said hackers had embedded a malicious

DHAKA: E-ticketing platform bdtickets.com has expanded its wing to sell the tickets of bus, launch and movies.Earlier, the website commenced its journey with the offer of selling bus tickets. More options will be included soon.Organizers at a press conference on Sunday said that they are

DHAKA: Asus has launched multiple variants of its ZenFone 2 smartphone in India and some other select markets, priced at $229 (approximately Tk. 17821.46). The Taiwanese company has now revealed a new variant of the ZenFone 2 in the US featuring 4GB of RAM and 16GB of inbuilt storage,

DHAKA: Bangladesh Internet Exchange Limited (BIEL), brand name Ollo, started 4G LTE network in Jessore on Friday.On that occasion, along with many honorable personnel of Jessore, Ollo’s higher management chief executive officer Igor Grakovich, Chief Financial officer Volodymyr

DHAKA: A foldable Samsung smartphone, known as Project Valley, could arrive in January 2016, according to a knowledgeable source.The South Korean company in the meantime has launched Galaxy smartphones with curved edge displays. If a new leak is to be believed, we might finally see a

Dhaka: Subscribers, who would not respond to re-register their SIM cards in second phases, are warned of their cell phone lines to be disconnected.Posts and telecommunications department made the announcement on Thursday.It also informed the subscribers that two steps will be followed in

DHAKA: Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has cancelled licenses of 33 Internet Service Providers (ISPs) as they failed to renew their licenses.A notification, signed by BTRC director of Legal and Licensing Division MA Taleb, was issued on Thursday.The notification

DHAKA: HP announced plans to cut another 25,000 to 30,000 jobs, as part of its plans to split into two companies.At an analysts meeting on the future of HP Enterprise, the company said it targets USD 2.7 billion in annual cost reductions following the demerger, in order to reach its