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

DHAKA: Post, Telecommunication and ICT Minister Mustafa Jabbar underscored the need for avoiding duality of developmental projects to save government funds. The minister was addressing as chief guest at an inauguration program on a pilot project titled ‘Avoiding duality of

NATORE: State Minister for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Zunaid Ahmed Palak said IT related trainings will be provided to two lakh youths of the country by the year 2021. The state minister made the remarks while addressing as chief guest at a program to inaugurate a

DHAKA: Bangladesh has won one Champion Award and five Merit Awards at the Prestigious APICTA Awards 2018.  At Senior Student Category RAJUK Uttara Model College’s Project Feed’em has become the Champion. Besides, Bangladesh has won 5 Merit Awards in 5 Different Categories. The

DHAKA: Posts, Telecommunications and IT Minister Mustafa Jabbar said the more the offences will increase in digital spaces, the more the necessity of Digital Security Act will be required. The minister, as the chief guest, was addressing the opening ceremony of Five Star mobile phone

In September, a group of hackers used a flaw in Facebook’s “view as” feature to gain unauthorized access to millions of accounts — and today, the company released its most comprehensive statement yet on exactly what data was taken as part of the breach. According to a statement

Cyber Crime Awareness Foundation has trained journalists to create awareness about the prevention of cyber crime.  The day-long workshop was organized at the auditorium of Press Institute Bangladesh in the capital on Friday (October 12). A total of 28 journalists working different

DHAKA: Bangladesh gaming squad ‘CSBD Anonymous’ defeated Indian ‘Global eSports’ to clinch the title of Indian Cyber Gaming Championship (ICGC) 2018. The finale was held in Goa in India on Sept 16. Sudwipto Kumar Mondal captained CSBD Anonymous. The squad had Rashed Farhan,

DHAKA: Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) singed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with tech giant Microsoft on 'Government Security Program' (GSP) in order to detect cyber threats and ensure national security.   BCC National Data Center Director Tarek M Barkatullah and

Google said on Monday that it would shut down Google Plus, the company’s long-struggling answer to Facebook’s giant social network, after it discovered a security vulnerability that exposed the private data of up to 500,000 users. Google did not tell its users about the security

DHAKA: Bangladesh Mobile Phone User Association observed a symbolic strike demanding reduction of mobile phone call rate and internet price adjustment. The body organized the program in front of the National Press Club on Tuesday (October 9) protesting the existing ‘irregularities’

DHAKA:  Government has formed a monitoring cell to detect rumors in social networking sites (social media) in order to provide people with information on its behalf. The cell, comprising officials of Press Information Department (PID), will inform media about government's

DHAKA: Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (BTRC) seized 10,947 SIM cards and other equipments used for illegal (Voice over Internet Protocol) VoIP business. BTRC said most of the VoIP calls were made using the state-run mobile operator Teletalk SIMs. Moreover, a total