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DHAKA: Posts, Telecommunications and Information Communication Technology (ICT) Minister Mustafa Jabbar said ICT lab and multimedia classrooms will be set up at every educational institution of the country within next two years. To implement this goal, it is necessary to train
DHAKA: A campaign called ‘Valobasar Bangladesh’ (Bangladesh of Love) is going on to create positive Bangladesh content for social networking sites including Google-YouTube before celebrating the Golden Jubilee of Bangladesh liberation. “Typing Bangladesh on YouTube, we don’t
DHAKA: Four government and non-government organizations of Bangladesh received honorary awards under four categories in ASOCIO Digital Summit 2018. The summit was organized by Asian-Oceanian Computing Industry Organization (ASOCIO), a grouping of ICT industry associations representing
DHAKA: A number of Bangladeshi youths are set to participate in various levels at Future Youth Summit 2018 at Sunway University in Malaysia. Some of the youths have been included in the organizing committee, speaker management department, human resource department, and sponsor and
DHAKA: Posts, Telecommunications and Information Communication Technology (ICT) minister Mustafa Jabbar said the government is developing software with Bengali language based ICT services for ‘differently-abled’ people. Those who are both deaf-mute but can see will be benefited by
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,