DHAKA: Researcher Jay Narayan and his colleagues at North Carolina State University have discovered a new form of solid carbon, called Q-carbon, which allows them to produce diamond-related structures at room temperature and at ambient atmospheric pressure in air.Graphite and diamonds

FROM KOLKATA: With the slogan of “Connected World” through technological advancement, the 14th edition of INFOCOM has been launched in Kolkata of India.India telecom regulatory authority chairman RS Sharma inaugurated the conference at ‘ITC Sonar’ hotel on Thursday morning.As many

DHAKA: The two-month-long National Information Technology Debate Festival has kicked off Thursday at National Press Club in city.State Minister for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Zunaid Ahmed Palak inaugurated the festival around 10:00am.A press briefing also took place

DHAKA: Facebook has said that it will respond to a privacy ruling in Belgium by requiring users to log in to view pages on the site.The original ruling, made by the Belgian Privacy Commissioner (BPC) in November, relates to Facebook cookies that track the activity of non-users.The company

DHAKA: State Minister for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Zunaid Ahmed Palak said Facebook, one on the most popular social media, will be opened within a short time.In reply to a query of reporter, he said this at the inaugural ceremony of National Debate Festival on

DHAKA: The Grameenphone subscribers will now get the opportunity to browse banglanews24.com at free of cost.Besides, it will keep the subscribers updated all the time if they browse m.banglanews24.com with the latest happenings both at home and abroad through GP’s easynet

DHAKA: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife announced the birth of their daughter, Max, as well as plans to donate most of their wealth to a new organization that will tackle a broad range of the world's ills.Mark Zuckerberg‘s wife Dr. Priscilla Chan gave birth to the couple’s

DHAKA: For the first time in Bangladesh, Ollo wireless internet has brought 4G LTE network for the people to have the flavor of power of the latest technology.After a successful inauguration and remarkable response from Jessore and Gopalganj, Ollo will start their 4G LTE network first

DHAKA: A 20-member Bangladesh delegation under the leadership of CTO (Chief Technology Officer) Forum president Tapan Kanti Sarkar will join the 14th edition of INFOCOM in Kolkata of India.INFOCOM, the annual flagship Business-Technology-Leadership Event will be held on December 3-5 in

DHAKA: The government has decided to keep the social communication media, facebook, closed for a few more days to identify terrorists and detain them easily.Sources said home ministry will direct the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) to open facebook after holding

DHAKA: Scientists have reportedly invented a new wireless technology, Li-Fi that transmits high-speed data using visible light communication (VLC).With scientists achieving speeds of 224 gigabits per second in the lab using Li-Fi earlier this year, the potential for this technology to

Dhaka: Country’s leading online newsportal Banglanews24.com and the leading Telecom operator Grameenphone have initiated a new journey for providing News Service. Grameenphone subscribers now can get all the breaking news of the day in Taka one only. To avail this exciting service,

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina thanked to Grameenphone, one of the leading mobile phone operators in country,  for introducing 3-G internet service in Angarpota-Dahgram of Lalmonirhat.The premier inaugurated the third-generation (3-G) services through video conference at Ganabhaban,

DHAKA: Xiaomi on Tuesday, as promised, unveiled its new Redmi Note 3 smartphone with fingerprint scanner at an event at China National Convention Center in Beijing.Xiaomi has announced that the Redmi Note 3 will be available in two variants: one with 2GB RAM and 16GB inbuilt storage

DHAKA: Samsung has introduced a new flip phone, the W2016, in China. The latest Android-based dual-screen flip phone is now listed on Samsung's China site. Unfortunately, there is no word on the pricing and availability details of the Samsung W2016, reports the NDTV.The new flip phone

DHAKA: Mark Zuckerberg is taking two full months of paternity leave when his baby daughter is born, the Facebook CEO announced Friday.Zuckerberg and his wife Dr. Priscilla Chan have not shared an exact due date for the Zuckerbaby, but he did say "every day things are getting a little more

DHAKA: Internet connection was restored after over one hour of disruption on Wednesday.Earlier in the day, Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) announced the shutting down of Facebook, viber and whatsapp.The internet connection later went down.However, the aforesaid

DHAKA: Mobile phone operator Grameenphone (GP) will provide free Wi-Fi service for its subscribers across the country.The Wi-Fi network will primarily be installed at 30 important points by the end of this year.Primarily it will be a trial project and the GP subscribers will get free

DHAKA: The trial run for biometric registration of mobile phone SIM cards has started on Sunday (November 15).State minister for posts and telecommunications Tarana Halim started the biometric SIM registration this noon.Earlier on October 21, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ICT affairs

DHAKA: Facebook activated a safety notification check labeled ‘Paris terror attacks’ after dozens were killed in multiple attacks around the French capital late Friday.The Facebook tool allows users in the affected area to mark themselves as safe, and notify their friends on the