DHAKA: Space Innovation Summit 2019 began on the campus of Independent University Bangladesh (IUB) here amid much enthusiasm and festivity Friday (July 19). ICT State Minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak, as the chief guest, inaugurated the two-day summit, with University Grants Commission

FaceApp, the AI-powered selfie-editing app that’s been having another viral moment of late, has now responded to a privacy controversy. Concerns have been raised that FaceApp, a Russian startup, uploads users’ photos to the cloud — without making it clear to them that processing

DHAKA: Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) decided to give back the recently reduced bandwidth to mobile operators Grameenphone and Robi.  BTRC Chairman Md Jahurul Haque made the disclosure at a press briefing Wednesday (July 17). The decision was taken after

DHAKA: ICT Affairs Adviser to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Sajeeb Wazed Joy launched the state website designed for verifying National Identity (NID) Cards in easiest and quick ways. He opened the portal 'www.porichoy.gov.bd’ at a ceremony held at ICT Tower in Agargaon here

DHAKA: US-based e-commerce giant Amazon expressed interest to collect products from Bangladesh for selling those in the US and Europe markets. The largest e-commerce company seeks policy support from the government of Bangladesh in this regard. The Amazon delegation sat in a meeting

DHAKA: ICT Affairs Adviser to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Sajeeb Wazed Joy is expected to launch the state website designed for scrutinizing National Identity (NID) Cards in easiest and quick ways.  He will inaugurate the portal 'www.porichoy.gov.bd’ at a function of ICT

Uber has said it will link pay for some senior executives to progress made toward improving diversity. Diversity will be used as one "key metric" to assess performance and determine executive compensation for senior leaders, the firm said. The policy also sets a target to increase

DHAKA: Global technology firm Zhongxing Telecommunication Equipment (ZTE) Corporation has launched special solution for network operators run digital transformation. The Chinese telecom giant announced the solution titled UniSeer for fifth generation technology in Mobile World Congress

DHAKA: Visiting Dutch Queen Maxima Zorreguieta Cerruti praised Bangladesh’s progress in ICT sector after visiting Posts and Telecommunications Division. According to a press release of the ministry, Queen Maxima, after holding a meeting with Posts and Telecommunications Minister

A new smartphone malware called "Agent Smith" has been found that has infected 25 million devices worldwide, including 15 million in India, Check Point Research claims.  The malware disguises itself as a Google-related application and then replaces installed applications with

DHAKA: Grameenphone termed the telecom regulator’s decision of blocking internet bandwidth for its users over the pending issue of payment as illegal and illogical. This will increase the risk for customers, local businessmen, investors and international internet gateways (IIGs)

DHAKA: The government has extended the deadline for submitting registration application of existing online news portals till July 15. The Ministry of Information on Wednesday (July 3) has issued a government letter regarding the matter.   June 30 is the last date to apply for news

Hitachi projector comes with distinctive imaging and optical technologies of Maxell which have been trusted and valued by the customers all over the world.  The rebranding from Hitachi to Maxell will see no change in products beyond the logo by putting Maxell Brand on the projectors

DHAKA: Sir Jony Ive, the Briton who over two decades helped turn Apple into the world's most valuable company, is leaving to set up his own venture. Sir Jonathan, designer of the iMac, iPod and iPhone, leaves later this year to start a creative firm, LoveFrom, with Apple as its

DHAKA: The government has fixed the wholesale price at Tk 180 for each megabit per second (Mbps) of bandwidth in a bid to reduce bandwidth prices to the lowest level. With effective from July 1, the price cut will initially benefit mostly international gateway operators and internet

DHAKA: The next election of Internet Service Provider Association of Bangladesh (ISPAB) will be held on July 6.  Meanwhile, election fiesta is underway as two panels—Team United and Team Catalyst--are vying in the polls for electing 13 members for the EC committee.  The most

DHAKA: University teacher and researcher Soroj Mehedi took charge as the Director of Safara Infotech. He will be the head of the company's offices in London, Dhaka, and Myanmar and all types of communications.  Professor Dr. Khairul Alam, chairman of the organization and CEO

DHAKA: Search engine giant Google is celebrating the 103rd birthday of poet Sufia Kamal Thursday (June 20) with a special Doodle. An illustration of the poet has been featured in the Doodle, in Google's Bangladesh homepage. Sufia Kamal was born in Shayestabad of Barisal on June

DHAKA: Duty on smartphone importation and mobile phone SIM/RIM use was proposed to increase at the national budget placed for the fiscal year 2019-20.  As a result, mobile phone use will be costlier. Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal also proposed to reduce duty on importing

Uber has said Australia will become the first international market for its flying taxi service Uber Air. The firm has selected Melbourne as the third pilot city for its air taxi programme, joining Dallas and Los Angeles. Test flights are due to start from 2020, with the aim of