DHAKA: Bangladesh’s second submarine cable landing station at Kuakata of Patuakhali was launched on Sunday (Sep 10). Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated functioning of the cable through a video conference at her Gono Bhaban residence in Dhaka, at around 10:00am. Local

DHAKA: A South Korean court sentenced Samsung's billionaire heir-apparent Lee Jae-yong to five years in prison for corruption, reports BBC. Lee was accused of bribery in a scandal that also saw the impeachment of South Korea's former president. The case has gripped the

DHAKA: Samsung debuted its long-awaited Galaxy Note 8 smartphone on Wednesday (Aug 23), showing off a 6.3-inch screen with an edge-to-edge display, packing more real estate into a smaller form factor. While the screen may be big, the phone is designed to make it still easy to hold in your

DHAKA: A workshop titled "Training of Trainers on Competency Based Skill Training under SEIP, Ministry of Finance" was hosted by TÜV SÜD Bangladesh (Pvt.) Ltd in association with Star Computer Systems Limited (SCSL). The session was held on Wednesday (August 16) at the office of UCEP

An Australian state will install the world’s largest lithium ion battery in a “historic” deal with electric car firm Tesla and energy company Neoen. The battery will protect South Australia from the kind of energy crisis which famously blacked out the state, reports the BBC

DHAKA: The cabinet has approved ‘National Online Media Policy 2017’ with a provision of having registration under National Broadcast Commission. The approval came from a weekly cabinet meeting led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the parliament on Monday (June 19).  After the

DHAKA: An opportunity to pay VAT (Value Added Tax) through online is available in the new VAT act declared recently. This new act to pay VAT is supposed to be effective from the next month.   According to 1991 VAT act, all the business organizations used to submit the hard copy of VAT

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DHAKA: Uber, the world's largest on-demand ride-sharing company, today celebrated 180 days of service in Dhaka, by reiterating that the company’s strategic focus in 2017 will be to make every Uber ride in Dhaka a great experience for both riders and driver partners. Dhaka has

Nokia and Apple announced today that they have settled all litigation related to their intellectual property dispute and agreed a multi-year patent license. “This is a meaningful agreement between Nokia and Apple,” said Maria Varsellona, Chief Legal Officer at Nokia, responsible

Smartphone app-based taxi service Uber is growing by double digits both on driver and rider side in Dhaka.  Uber saw the fastest growth of its users in Dhaka, in comparison with any other Asian city over last five months. Uber was launched in Dhaka on November 22, 2016 with UberX,

DHAKA: The Grameenphone Board of Directors has appointed Mr. Michael Foley as the company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective from 26 May, 2017. Mr. Foley (56) has been with Telenor Group since 2014, most recently as the CEO of Telenor Bulgaria. Prior to that, he served as CEO

DHAKA: Bangladesh is being digitalized. So, thousands of skilled IT professionals are required for this purpose. But, to be a skilled professional, there is no alternative to modern standardized training centers. On the other hand, IT profession has become a very interesting profession

China is going to launch an online version of its national encyclopaedia next year, to compete with Wikipedia. Officials said more than 20,000 people had been hired to work on the project, which will feature 300,000 entries at about 1,000 words each, reports the BBC. Unlike

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (April 30) announced that the South Asian Satellite will be launched on May 5.  Bangladesh is also a key part of this satellite. Modi said the satellite will play a vital role in enhancing cooperation and overall developments in this

DHAKA: Digital businesses will get expanded only when digital transactions will be increased in the country and if so, then it will also help enhance country’s all digital transformations, said speakers in Digital Transaction Summit-2017. The summit was organized by Governance Policy

DHAKA: Information minister Hasanul Haq Inu has suggested formation of a national committee with coordination of information ministry, post and telecommunications ministry and the ICT division for efficient management of the Internet in the country. Inu, also chairperson of the

DHAKA: The third most number of facebook users lives in Dhaka city while the United States is the most active in the country category, having highest number of active Facebook users globally. Bangkok, the capital city of Thailand, is the base of largest number of facebook users while

DHAKA: PeopleNTech organized a seminar on ‘Business Analyst Course’ at their Virginia campus on April 8. More than 200 interested students from Virginia, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Bangladesh and Canada joined the seminar.  PeopleNTech CEO Engr. Abubokor Hanip, President,

DHAKA: Unique Business Systems Ltd (UBSL), a leading ICT products selling and marketing company in Bangladesh, has launched the idea of its new product MSI laptop & BenQ Signage. The UBSL launched the new idea at a press conference held on Monday (April 10), says a press release.