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EC forms monitoring cell to stop rumors in social media

December 20 2018 | TW News Correspondent

E-Govt.

The Election Commission (EC) has formed an investigation team to prevent propaganda, fake news and rumors in social networking sites ahead of the 11th parliamentary election slated for December 30.

The office order to formulate a high-level 8-member monitoring cell was issued on Wednesday (December 19).

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Facebook removes hundreds accounts linked to Myanmar army

December 19 2018 | TW News Correspondent

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Facebook has removed hundreds of pages and accounts in Myanmar with hidden links to the military, the platform said on Wednesday, as the company scrambles to respond to criticism over failures to control hate spe...
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Bangladesh win first Gold medal at Int’l Robot Olympiad

December 19 2018 | TW News Correspondent

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Bangladesh team won one gold medal, two highly-commended medals and one technical medal in the 20th International Robot Olympiad (IRO) held in Philippines from December 15-19.

This was the first time Bangladesh was represented at the IRO. Kazi Mustadid Labib and T...
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Facebook Messenger gets Boomerang, Selfie features

December 19 2018 | TW News Correspondent

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Facebook has rolled out Boomerang and Selfie features in its Messenger platform. Alongside, it has also introduced new AR stickers

"Starting today, there are now five modes...
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AL pledges 5G if elected again

December 19 2018 | TW News Correspondent

Telco

The Ruling Awami League vowed, in its election manifesto revealed on Tuesday (December 18), to launch 5G as well as cheapen internet price if they are voted to power.

”We, if given the mandate to rule the state, will launch 5G by 2021-23. Internet price and mobile call rate will be brought down to reasonable level,” Awami League President Sheikh Hasina said.

Sheikh Hasina said 2...
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Teletalk launches 4G in Dhaka

December 18 2018 | TW News Correspondent

Telco

The state-run mobile operator Teletalk commercially launched the fastest fourth generation (4G) mobile data service in major parts of Dhaka last evening.

The 4G network will cover the entire Dhaka city by December and will move to Chattogram wit...
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YouTube removes 7.8 million videos, 224 million comments in 3 months

December 18 2018 | TW News Correspondent

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Back in April, YouTube had launched a quarterly YouTube Community Guidelines Enforcement Report as part of this ongoing commitment to transparency. Further to the commitment, the company is now expanding the report to include additional data like chan...
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The End of Year Review and Planning Process Every Small Business

December 17 2018 | TW News Correspondent

International Joint Conference on Computational Intelligence-2018 held at Daffodil International University

December 17 2018 | TW News Correspondent

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Department of Computer Science & Engineering of Daffodil International University, Jahangirnagar University and South Asian University, India jointly organized the ‘International Joint Conference on Computational Intelligence- IJCCI-2018’ at Daffodil International University. Professor Dr. Abdul Mannan, Chairman, University Grants Commission, Bangladesh was inaugurated the two daylong conference as th...
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Bangladeshi student win NASA Space Apps Challenge 2018

December 15 2018 | TW News Correspondent

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Sadid Bin Hasan from Bangladesh along with his team ‘SpaceTrove’ recently won the NASA Space Apps Challenge 2018. He will be representing San Francisco and Mountain View (California) in the Global Round of NASA Space Challenge. Spac...
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HC bans mobile call rate hike, call drop charge

December 14 2018 | TW News Correspondent

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The High Court on Thursday (December 13) issued a ban on hiking the mobile call rate and charge for call drop from subscribers.

 

The court also directed the government to form a committee to determine the call rate.

 

It also issued a rule asking the government and the mobile phone operators to ex...
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Canada frees Huawei CFO on bail; Trump might intervene

December 13 2018 | TW News Correspondent

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A top executive of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei Technologies Co Ltd was granted bail by a Canadian court on Tuesday, 10 days after her arrest in Vancouver at the request of US authorities that sparked a diplomatic disput...
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PM Hasina takes over science-tech, post-telecom ministries

December 11 2018 | TW News Correspondent

E-Govt.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has taken over ministries of science and technology, and telecommunications and information technology as extra duty.

Besides, Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Khandker Mosharra...
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Khilgaon telephone users get ‘4721’ number series

December 11 2018 | TW News Correspondent

Telco

Subscribers of number series-725 under Khilgaon Telephone Exchange will be switched into 8-digit format under series-4721. 

The change will begin gradually from Dec 17.

Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) General Manager (PR & Publications) Meer Morshed confirmed the matter.

The subscribers will be informed their new numbers while the changes...
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7 more companies get land at Bangabandhu Hi-Tech City

December 11 2018 | TW News Correspondent

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Seven more companies were allotted land at the industrial zone of Bangabandhu Hi-Tech City in Gazipur.

Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority (BHTPA) handed over the 20.41 acres of land to the companies for the next 40 years after signing the treaty.

The contract was signed formally at the conference room of BHTPA in city on Monday (December 10).

Apart from representatives of t...
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