A seminar on the prospect of Bangladesh’s IT sector in Japan was held at Fujitsu Research Institute in Tokyo on Friday (Jan 25).
Embassy of Bangladesh and Fujitsu Research Institute jointly organised the seminar where over 100 representatives from different Japanese companies took part, said a press release.
Rabab Fatima, the ambassador...
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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed the authorities concerned to transform all the rail tracks of the country into broad-gauge from existing meter-gauge in phases.
She came up with the directive at the meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) at the NEC Conference Room in the city’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Tuesday (Jan 29).
The government has preserved information of 80 lakh residents of the capital city in a citizen database, to operate digital monitoring.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia disclosed the matter Tuesday (Jan 29).
He was talking to the reporters after inaugurating Jahurul Islam City CCTV Control Room in Aftabnagar an...
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Underscoring the need of online news portals, Information Minister Hasan Mahmud has said fake sites will be closed once the registration process is completed under the broadcast policy.
“There are some online (portals) which are indulging in spreading propaganda rather than real news. An initiative has been taken to detec...
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Facebook plans to integrate its messaging services on Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger.
While all three will remain stand-alone apps, at a much deeper level they will be linked so messages can travel between the different services.
Facebook told the BBC it was at the start of a "long process&quo...
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Ahead of Facebook's 15th anniversary, CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg is trying to clear up some misconceptions people have about his company.
In an editorial for the Wall Street Journal, Zuckerberg defended Facebook's business model and the 'clear benefits' of how it operates.
The editorial, title...
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Indian researchers have unveiled a first-of-its-kind bus -- an autonomous vehicle powered by solar energy. Globally, most autonomous vehicles developed till date are powered by petrol, diesel, CNG or charged using grid-based electricity. Therefore, this Indian innovation has a double advantage.
The bus can run for 70 km on a single charge. The prototype has been made...
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The second Chittagang IT fair is set to begin at World Trade Center in city’s Agrabad on Saturday (January 26).
Deputy Minister for education Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury is expected to inaugurate the fair at Bangabandhu Conference Hall of World Trade Center at 11 am.
Mahbubul Alam, pre...
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Local handset brand Walton announced special offer of free air tickets and sure cashback on two models of its smartphones Primo H7 and Primo H7s. Customers wil...
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Mobile phone users across the country now can easily check whether their handsets are legal and verified as Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has developed a database.
Besides, Bangladesh Mobile Phone Importers Association (BMPIA) in cooperation with BTRC has launched a service named &ldq...
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Online knowledge sharing firm Quora is now available in Bengali, a move that will allow about 300 million speakers of the language to engage on the platform.
The formal launch came after a trial run since December 2018.
Launched in English in 2010, the question-and-answer pl...
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WhatsApp is limiting all its members to forwarding any single message up to five times in an effort to tackle the spread of false information on the platform.
The Facebook-owned business had already introduced the policy in India six months ago.
The move followed a number of mob lynchings that were blamed on fake reports spread via...
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