Facebook plans to integrate its messaging services on Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger. While all three will remain stand-alone apps, at a much deeper level they will be linked so messages can travel between the different services. Facebook told the BBC it was at the start

CHATTOGRAM:  Deputy Minister for Education Barrister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Nowfel urged entrepreneurs and businessmen to invest in IT sector as it is very potential.  The minister inaugurated the 2nd Chattogram IT fair at World Trade Center in city’s Agrabad on Saturday (January

GAZIPUR:  One lakh jobs will be created at Bangabandhu Hi-Tech City in Gazipur. Besides, USD 500 will be invested, said ICT state minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak.  Zunaid Ahmed Palak accompanied by representatives of investors visited the park on Wednesday (January 23).

CHATTOGRAM:  The second Chittagang IT fair is set to begin at World Trade Center in city’s Agrabad on Saturday (January 26). Deputy Minister for education Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury is expected to inaugurate the fair at Bangabandhu Conference Hall of World Trade Center at 11 am.

DHAKA: Mobile phone users across the country now can easily check whether their handsets are legal and verified as Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has developed a database. Besides, Bangladesh Mobile Phone Importers Association (BMPIA) in cooperation with BTRC

DHAKA: Online knowledge sharing firm Quora is now available in Bengali, a move that will allow about 300 million speakers of the language to engage on the platform.  The formal launch came after a trial run since December 2018. Launched in English in 2010, the question-and-answer

DHAKA: WhatsApp is limiting all its members to forwarding any single message up to five times in an effort to tackle the spread of false information on the platform. The Facebook-owned business had already introduced the policy in India six months ago. The move followed a number of

SUST: Bangladesh has a plan to launch its second satellite soon in a bid to establish more civilized, scientific and better society, said Planning Minister MA Mannan.  “The government, headed by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has been working for establishing a civilized, scientific

DHAKA: Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) is working on a move to close all the mobile internet data package services which are valid for less than a week. The decision will come into effect from Jan 27.   BTRC Acting Chairman Zahurul Haq confirmed the matter

DHAKA: Country's ICT platforms have jointly conferred reception to Telecom and ICT Minister Mustafa Jabbar and Zunaid Ahmed Palak, state minister for ICT, for their re-assignment in the ministry. The reception program organised by the Bangladesh Association of Software and

DHAKA: Posts, Telecommunications and ICT minister Mustafa Jabbar said he was feeling proud as Bangladesh introduced the Digital Security Act which would be followed by many of countries now. “A country like Bangladesh has made the law… (I’m) feeling proud for this,” he said.

DHAKA: The three day-long smartphone and TAB expo ended at Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC) Saturday (Jan 12). Huge turnout of gadget lovers was marked on the concluding day. Most of the mobile manufacturing companies offered discounts upto 40 percent along with

DHAKA:  Miscreants are circulating various types of misleading information as they opened fake Facebook accounts in the names of Bangabandhu’s family members. Fake Facebook pages are being run using names of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Sheikh Rehana, Saima Wazed, and

The China National Space Administration (CNSA) has released a mesmerizing video from its Chang’e 4 lander showing the moment it landed on the moon’s far side on 3 January. The craft had to perform the landing autonomously, since it could not communicate in real-time with mission

DHAKA: A three-day smartphone and tab expo will begin on Thursday (January 10) with the view to bring opportunities to the users in buying latest versions of smartphones and tabs. The event “techshohor.com Smartphone and Tab Expo”, to be organized by Expo Maker will be held at

A Japanese billionaire has ousted a chicken nugget-seeking US teenager to become tweeter of the most retweeted tweet of all time. Yusaku Maezawa's tweet dated 5 January has now been shared more than four million times. That's half a million more than Carter Wilkinson's

DHAKA: 2G, 3G and 4G internet connections for mobile phone were restored as the services had been suspended in several phases on the day (December 30, 2018) before the 11th national elections.  Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) directed the mobile operating

DHAKA: The normal 3G/4G speed has been restored in mobile internet across the country Sunday (Dec 30) after 27 hours of slowed down speed centering the national election.  The entire mobile data network services were reactivated after 6:00pm after it was shut down temporarily around

DHAKA: The normal 3G/4G speed has been restored in mobile internet across the country Sunday (Dec 30) after 27 hours of slowed down speed centering the national election.  The entire mobile data network services were reactivated after 6:00pm after it was shut down temporarily around

DHAKA: The 3G, 4G services has been restored in mobile internet across the country after 10 hours of outage ahead of the national election, slated for December 30.  The data services were reactivated after 8:00am on Friday (Dec 28), after it was shut down temporarily on Thursday (Dec