ICT
Deal for country’s second satellite in three months
The satellite, Bangabandhu-2, will be launched in 3 years
Russell T Ahmed reelected as BASIS president
Russell T Ahmed has been reelected as the president of the Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) for a two-year term..M Rashidul Hasan was elected as senior vice president of the apex tread body of Bangladesh's ICT industry..It elected two other vice pre
Mobile, internet users complain of poor service at BTRC hearing
Mobile and internet subscribers in Bangladesh yesterday complained about several issues, including poor network coverage, slow internet speeds and “unjust” balance deductions of local carriers
News Analysis / Crawling peg system: A welcome step but will it be enough to boost reserves?
The crawling peg system for the taka is a delayed and, perhaps, inadequate response to the bleeding of forex reserves. Some economists suggest the central bank should go beyond this formula and open the exchange rate to market forces to stop the continuous erosion of reserves. Either way, exporters and remitters will celebrate more flexibility in the exchange rate.
Bangladesh uses Oracle’s full cloud services at data centres
The Bangladesh Data Center Company Limited (BDCCL), a government-owned data storage and disaster recovery services provider, has equipped its data centres with the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Dedicated Region
US support sought to build Smart Bangladesh
ERD secretary sits with US delegation on the sidelines of the ADB annual meeting
Conclude ex-Robi CEO’s case in 3 months: HC
Mahtab Uddin Ahmed lodged a lawsuit seeking Tk 227 crore compensation for his 'wrongful dismissal'
aamra technologies’ entire bandwidth blocked
The IIG operator didn’t share Tk 22 crore revenue in time
BTRC chairman elected as chairman of S Asian telecom regulators' council
The council has nine member states
Are we over-communicating to our customers?
In a world that is exceedingly inundated by messages, it is, perhaps, time for businesses to think about whether we are over-communicating with our customers.
The dark side of AI on social media
Even innocent pictures or videos shared on social media can be turned into explicit content with artificial intelligence (AI), warns civil society.
Paperfly likely to shut down
One of the post-pandemic period’s top logistics firms, Paperfly is poised to close down having stopped accepting orders since last week, in a grim reminder of the current challenges faced by Bangladesh's e-commerce sector. .“The company has stopped taking new orders since last week. After
Bangladesh slips three notches in Global Innovation ranking
The country was ranked 105th in the latest GII, down from 102nd a year ago
Ministries asked to send budget execution plan by Oct 8
The finance ministry made the call through a circular
4 IP telephony service providers lose licences
The 4 are: IDEA Networks and Communications Ltd, Digital Connectivity Ltd, Pritty International (Pvt.) Limited and Sadiatec Limited
Redington now Adobe's exclusive distribution, market development partner
Redington will cover Sri Lanka, Maldives, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan
