139 campaigns get Digital Marketing Award 2023

An initiative of Bangladesh Brand Forum, Digital Marketing Award 2023, was presented by Meghna Group of Industries, in association with The Daily Star. 
10 December 2023, 11:00 AM

Microsoft says it does not own any portion of OpenAI

Microsoft said in a statement on Friday that it does not own any part of OpenAI, an artificial intelligence powerhouse.
9 December 2023, 09:27 AM

Europe agrees landmark AI regulation deal

Europe on Friday reached a provisional deal on landmark European Union rules governing the use of artificial intelligence including governments' use of AI in biometric surveillance and how to regulate AI systems such as ChatGPT.
9 December 2023, 09:15 AM

Musk's Starlink to make entry to Bangladesh

The government has decided to award a licence to Starlink, brainchild of Elon Musk,that could create competition in the internet business in Bngladesh
7 December 2023, 00:00 AM

Three firms spending Tk 1,000cr on first private submarine cable

Three private licensees of submarine cable -- Summit Communications, CdNet Communications and Metacore Subcom Ltd -- have formed a consortium to install the cable
28 November 2023, 23:30 PM

Summit buys 2,000 towers from Banglalink for Tk 1,100cr

The two have already signed a $100 million deal
15 November 2023, 14:52 PM

Banglalink, Teletalk to allow customers to use each other's networks

The two operators announced national roaming field trial
4 November 2023, 13:46 PM

Internet to face partial disruption on Oct 31, Nov 2

The submarine cable will remain disconnected for 20 hours in total
29 October 2023, 13:38 PM

Daffodil Computers to invest $50,000 in Dubai

It will establish a branch named Daffodil Global in UAE
29 October 2023, 12:31 PM

Petter-Børre Furberg, new Grameenphone chairman

Appointment came into effect on October 1 this year
26 October 2023, 09:58 AM

Nagad gets LoI to open digital bank

Bangladesh Bank today issued a letter with its seal of approval to Nagad Digital Bank for launching a full-fledged digital bank in the country, according to a press release.
25 October 2023, 13:38 PM

Five organisations, one individual recognised

UNDP Bangladesh, Bangladesh Hi-tech Park Authority, the Digital Security Agency of the ICT Division gave the awards
19 October 2023, 13:16 PM

Five firms, one individual honoured at Brac Bank-The Daily Star ICT Awards

The ICT trailblazers of Bangladesh were recognised for their contribution in the sector
13 October 2023, 14:39 PM

Brac Bank-The Daily Star ICT Awards begins

ICT trailblazers to be honoured
13 October 2023, 12:29 PM

Is voice technology driving Bangladesh's transition from digital to smart?

In the throes of a digital renaissance, Bangladesh, steered by the government's Digital Bangladesh initiative, has achieved a remarkable technological evolution. The nation has seen an uptick in internet connectivity, digital financial services, e-education, and e-commerce, with an entrepreneur-driven surge.
12 October 2023, 12:35 PM

Robi completes 2600 band spectrum deployment in 50% sites

The spectrum will help improve data speed by 50 percent
8 October 2023, 13:57 PM

Use of bandwidth to shoot up by 600% in 7 years

The use of internet bandwidth will shoot up by 600 percent in seven years to 30,000Gbps as people ramp up internet use, said telecom minister Mustafa Jabbar.
3 October 2023, 21:46 PM
3 October 2023, 14:15 PM

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.
2 October 2023, 18:01 PM

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.
1 October 2023, 22:29 PM