DHAKA: Hackers used internet-connected home devices, such as CCTV cameras and printers, to attack popular websites on Friday (October 21). Security analysts said Twitter, Spotify, and Reddit were among the sites taken offline on Friday. Each uses a company called Dyn, which was the

DHAKA: The 20th national council of ruling Awami League (AL) is being streamed live from Suhrawardi Udyan in Dhaka. It will be available on AL Facebook page. Anyone can watch the council live on Facebook by adding with the AL page. To watch council live one must click the following

DHAKA: Major websites, including Twitter, Spotify, Reddit, Soundcloud, PayPal, were inaccessible to people across a large part of the USA on Friday after a company that manages crucial parts of the internet’s infrastructure said it was under attack. All the firms are customers of a

DHAKA: ‘Digital World-2016’, country’s largest Information and Communications Technology (ICT)-based fair, ended at International Convention city, Bashundhara (ICC,B) in city on Friday (October 21).   The fair, which began on Wednesday (October 19), ended on Friday night. On

DHAKA: Bangabandhu-1, the first satellite of the country, will be launched on December 16 next year. Posts and telecommunications state minister Tarana Halim made the disclosure at a press conference at Mohakhali Telephone Bhaban in city on Friday (October 21). So far 50 percent

DHAKA: Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulation Commission (BTRC) terminated the transmission of private telecom operator Citycell on Thursday (October 20). The commission chairman Shahjahan Mahmud confirmed the matter to media. Citycell transmission has been shut down as the mobile

DHAKA: Bangladesh Telecommunication Company Limited (BTCL) said that country’s internet service will be disrupted from Sunday midnight (October 23) to Thursday noon (October 27). The interruption will happen due to maintenance works of submarine cable in Singapore portion.

DHAKA: Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) is conducting a drive at Citycell office in city’s Mohakhali area on Thursday (October 20). A joint force of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and police is also participating in the drive. Banani Thana officer-in-charge

DHAKA: Yahoo’s profits more than doubled in the last three months, a boost for the beleaguered firm whose plan to sell its core business was thrown into doubt. Verizon Communications agreed to buy Yahoo for $4.8bn, but disclosure of a huge data breach put a question mark over the

DHAKA: Petter-B. Furberg (49) has been appointed as the interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Grameenphone. The Grameenphone Board of Directors appointed him which will be effective from November 1. Furberg will replace Rajeev Sethi who will pursue new opportunities, said a press

DHAKA: Digital World 2016, a three-day mega ICT event of Bangladesh, has begun at International Convention City Bashundhara (ICCB) in the capital of Bangladesh from Wednesday (October 19). Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the mega event around 12:00 pm that began with the

DHAKA: The activities of most awaited “Dot Bangla” domain will be kicked off from country’s victory day that falls on December 16. It will take Bangla language in a new height in the world. Posts and Telecommunications state minister Tarana Halim expressed the hope making the

DHAKA: An airline flight ban on Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 is spreading fast after reports some phones have caught fire. Carriers in Australia, Asia and Europe put the phone on a prohibited list over the weekend, which comes after the US banned the device last week, reports the BBC.

DHAKA: The fourth Digital World-2016 exposition will begin at International Convention City Bashundhara in city on October 19 with the slogan of NonStopBangladesh. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the event while her ICT advisor Sajeeb Wazed Joy will present keynote paper.

DHAKA: Robi congratulated Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (BTRC) chairman Dr. Shahjahan Mahmood on being elected as the chairman of South Asian Telecommunications Regulators’ Council (SATRC). A press release said on Tuesday (October 11) that Robi’s chief

DHAKA: Robi Axiata Limited on Tuesday (October 11) announced that they will offer iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus as part of the telecom organization’s better customer service. In a press release, Robi said that customers can pre-order the most advanced iPhone ever with water and dust

DHAKA: Samsung issued an alert to customers asking users to immediately turn off their Galaxy Note 7 smart phones which have been spontaneously catching fire. The unprecedented move comes on Monday (October 11) one day after Samsung halted production of the dangerously glitch devices,

DHAKA: Samsung’s smartphone recall crisis has deepened after South Korean media said the tech giant had suspended production of its troubled Galaxy Note 7 model amid reports that replacement devices had caught fire. Citing an unnamed source at a Samsung supplier, the news agency

DHAKA: A second replacement Samsung Galaxy Note 7 device, deemed safe by the company, has caught fire in the US. Samsung has been forced to issue new models of the smartphone following complaints of faulty batteries. A man in Kentucky said he was “scared to death” when he woke

DHAKA: Information and Communication Technology state minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak said that around 6.50-crore or 40 percent people of the country use internet service. The state minister made the disclosure while delivering speech as chief guest in APC Asia Regional Meeting 2016 in